Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.]

1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. --Prescott.

2. Final decision; determination; result.

And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak.

3. Any inference or result of reasoning.

4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.

He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. --Addison.

5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]

Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. --Shak.

6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.]

We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. --Bacon.

7. (Law)
   (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, ``against the peace,'' etc.
   (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. --Wharton.

Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party ``puts himself upon the country,'' i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. --Mozley & W.

In conclusion.
   (a) Finally.
   (b) In short.

To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment.

Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak.

Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)