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conclusive, a.|kənˈkluːsɪv|
[ad. late L. conclūsīv-us, f. conclūs- ppl. stem of conclūdĕre: see conclude, and -ive. Cf. F. conclusif, -ive.]
†1. Summing up, summary. Obs.
1590Greene Neuer too late (1600) 9 ‘So women are vniuersally mala necessaria, wheresoeuer they be eyther bred or brought vp.’ With this conclusiue period hee breathed him.
2. Concluding, closing; occurring at or forming the end. (Now rare.)
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 367 The Epilogue, or Conclusive part of this Treatise. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. 177 The following short billet; inscriptive and conclusive parts of it in her own words. 1815Scribbleomania 77 The judgment..delivered in the conclusive line.
b. Final, definitive.
1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iv. 357 A conclusive revolt from Rome.
3. Of an argument, statement, etc.: That closes or decides the question; decisive, convincing.
1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. ii. v. 151 If a man will..cleare himselfe by an Oath..he may be..heard, but this may neither be pressed to be done, nor yet conclusive, when it is done. 1690Locke Toleration ii. Wks. 1727 II. 281 Whether these Arguments be conclusive or no. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 33 As to the purchaser of the estate..the act was final and conclusive. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. ix. 273 These observations were perfectly conclusive as to the quicker motion of the centre [of the glacier].
†4. Law. That ‘concludes’ or debars; binding: see conclude 3. Obs.
1649Selden Laws Eng. i. lxvi. (1739) 146 The Grand Charter..was conclusive to the King. |