conclusion

n. [ F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude. ] 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Final decision; determination; result. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any inference or result of reasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism. [ 1913 Webster ]

He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Drawing of inferences. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
And still conclusion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, “against the peace, ” etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party “puts himself upon the country, ” i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. --
In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. --
To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the famous ape,
To try conclusions, in the basket creep. Shak.

Syn. -- Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference. [ 1913 Webster ]