Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-CLUDE'
CON-CLUDE', v.i.
- 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.]
- To settle opinion; to form a final judgment. Can we conclude upon Luther's instability, as our author has done. – Atterbury.
- 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.
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