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▪ I. concluding, vbl. n.|kənˈkluːdɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb conclude.
1530Palsgr. 207/2 Concludyng, discussion. 1543–4Act 35 Hen. VIII, c. 12 Concludinges of peace, amitie, and concorde. 1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 298 Such a dull concluding of her dayes. 1659O. Walker Oratory 9 A short recapitulation and concluding, called Peroratio.
▪ II. conˈcluding, ppl. a.
That concludes.
†1. Conclusive, decisive, convincing. Obs.
1616Brent tr. Sarpi's Hist. Counc. Trent (1676) 246 The most concluding argument was, etc. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. vi. v. 258 He maintains there that all the Passages are not concluding.
2. Finishing, closing, final.
1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 469 When our sentence consists of two members, the longer should, generally, be the concluding one. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 532 As the concluding words..were uttered. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man 3 In the concluding chapters. |