conclude
vb mainly tr
1 also intr to come or cause to come to an end or conclusion
2 takes a clause as object to decide by reasoning; deduce
the judge concluded that the witness had told the truth
3 to arrange finally; settle
to conclude a treaty, it was concluded that he should go
4 Obsolete to confine
(C14: from Latin concludere to enclose, end, from claudere to close)
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concluder n