Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-CLUDE', v.i.

1. To infer, as a consequence; to determine. The world will conclude I had a guilty conscience. – Arbuthnot. But this verb is really transitive. The world will conclude that I had a guilty conscience – that is here the object, referring to the subsequent clause of the sentence. [See Verb Transitive, No. 3.]
2. To settle opinion; to form a final judgment. Can we conclude upon Luther's instability, as our author has done. – Atterbury.
3. To end. A train of lies, / That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. – Dryden. The old form of expression, to conclude of, is no longer in use.