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† unconˈclusive, a. Obs.
(un-1 7 and 5 b.)
1640Hammond Poor Man's Tithing Wks. 1684 IV. 554 Had the Promises been of any other sort,..the Apostles illation..had been utterly unconclusive, if not impertinent. 1672H. Dodwell Two Lett. Pref. C iij, There being no more politick way for betraying the Truth..than to offer to defend it by unconclusive arguments.
Hence † unconˈclusively adv., -ness. Obs.
1660Coke Justice Vind. 13 When a man talks unconclusively, they say he talks not sense. 1723Mather Vind. Bible 209 The appearing unconclusiveness of the reasoning used in Scripture. |