concitato 
COncitato (kon-cluVtii/to). a. [It., pp. ot rmici- 
lurr, excite: see concite.] In muxir, excited, 
agitated: noting passages to be rendered so as 
to produce such an effect. 
concitet (kon-Hit'), v. t. [= OF. fnnritir = Hp. 
I'g. riinrititr = It. concitare, < L. nniritiirr, move 
violently, disturb, excite, < mm-, together, + 
cttiire, move, stir: see cite, and cf. excite.'] To 
excite. Colt/run-. 
concitizent (kon-sit'i-zn), a. [< con- + citi;> ii ; 
= F. coni-itiii/ni, etc. Cf. equiv. LIj. mi, 
translating Ur. av/nroUrrtr.'] A fellow-citi/.cn. 
[Kare.] 
A neighbour, or a stranger, or a foreigner or a >" 
A,,., i, lh,t, Hi tormation, I'ref. 
COnck, n. Soo couch, n., 7. 
conclamation (kon-kla-ma'shon), . F= Pg. 
conclamai'ilo = It. conclnma;i<nic (cf. OF. CHH- 
damitation), < L. riiiirliliiiillin(ii-), < I'mirlili/iili-r, 
pp. riiiirliiniii/ii.-,; cry out together, < </-, to- 
gether, + diiiniii-r, cry out : SIT rlnini 1 , t'.] An 
out cry or shout of many together ; a clamorous 
outcry. [Itare.] 
The women continue their lamentations; ami many of 
the females of the neighbourhood, hearing the conclaina- 
ii,,n, eome to unite with them in this melancholy task. 
K. W. Laiif, Modern Kgyptlans, II. 280. 
Conclave (kon'klav), . [< ME. rinn-lnrr. < OF. 
riini-liirr, F. conclave = Pr. condari = Sp. Pg. 
It. conclave, < L. concUtre, a room that may be 
locked, in ML. the place of assembly of tho 
cardinals of tho Koraan Catholic Church, the 
body of cardinals; < corn-, together, + clavis, a 
key: see clavix, clef.} 1. A private apartment; 
particularly, the place in which the 8acred Col- 
lege or assembly of cardinals of the Roman 
Catholic Church meets in privacy for the elec- 
tion of a pope. 2. The assembly or meeting 
of the cardinals for the election of a pope. For- 
merly the pope was elected by the clergy and people of 
Rome ; but, owing to the violence and even bloodshed 
with which these elections were attended, the right of 
election was in 1059 vested in the cardinals, and is still 
exercised by them. During the progress of an election, 
which usually lasts several days they and their attendants 
are locked up and guarded within the apartments in the 
Vatican occupied by them, to prevent any external inter- 
ference or influence. 
It was said of a cardinal, by reason of his apparent like- 
lihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that In two conclaves 
he went in pope and came out again cardinal. 
South, Sermons. 
3. The body of cardinals ; the Sacred College. 
I hid him welcome, 
And thank the holy conclave for their loves. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., U. 2. 
4. Any private meeting ; a close assembly. 
The great seraphic lords and cherubim 
In close recess and secret conclave sat. 
MUton, P. L., L 796. 
I was ushered into the presence of the agoumenos, who 
sat in a hall, surrounded by a reverend conclave of his 
bearded and long-haired monks. 
R. Curzon, Monast. in the Levant, p. 369. 
They were assembled in conclaw down in the meadow 
on which the fair had been held the day before. 
W. H. Russell, Diary in India, II. 186. 
conclavist (kon'kla-vist), n. [= P. conclaviste = 
Sp. Pg. conclavista = It. conclavista; as con- 
clave + -is*.] An ecclesiastic attending upon 
a cardinal in a conclave summoned for the elec- 
tion of a pope. 
conclimate (kon-kli'mat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
condimated, ppr. conciliating. [< con- + cli- 
mate.'] To acclimatize. Quarterly Rev. [Bare.] 
conclude (kon-klod'), v. ; pret. and pp. con- 
cluded, ppr. "concluding. [< ME. concluden = 
F. conclure = Pr. concluire = Sp. Pg. concluir 
= It. concludere, conchiudere, < L. concludere, 
shut up closely, < com-, together, + claudere, 
-cludere, shut: see close 1 , and cf. exclude, in- 
clude, occlude, preclude, reclude, seclude.'] I. 
trans. 1. To shut up; close in; inclose. [Ob- 
solete or poetical.] 
The very person of Christ . . . was only, touching bodily 
substance, concluded In the grave. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. { Si 
I dreamt 
Of some vast charm concluded in that slat- 
To make fame nothing. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
2. To bring to an end ; finish ; terminate. 
I will conclude this part with the speech of a counsellor 
of state. Bacon. 
We cannot lie more wretched than we are ; 
And death concludes all misery. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, v. 3. 
3. To settle, arrange, or determine finally. 
Shall we at last conclude effeminate peace? 
Shak., lllen. VI., v. 4. 
This motion was well liked of all. but it was not thought 
fit to conclude it. n'inthmp. Hist. New England, I. 287. 
1167 
4. To make a -final judgment <>r determination 
concerning; judge; decide; determine; pro- 
nounce. 
The law eiiiu'lii'ln mi man guilty UI>M rotiji-c-iiire, but 
from the detection of Home fault. 
/' mi, UU rty of i 
lint no frail man, however great or hi^li, 
cn I" i'lcst before he die. 
,i, tr. ..f livid. 
5. To infer ordetermiue by reasoning; deduce; 
judge to be or to exist : used more particularly 
of strict and demonstrative- inference, but also 
of induction and hypotli' --is. 
Kepiove my allegation. If you can ; 
Or rise coiK-lmlf HIV wold* etfei lnal. 
'., -i Hen. VI., iii. 1. 
Nil man i':ui i-ntit-!tul, lind'n l"\e i>r hatred to any person 
by anything that befall him. TiOtitmn. 
lu vain the sage, with retroactive 
Would fnnii th apparent What cniii-liiile the Why, 
Infer the mntive from tin- deed, mid Hhow 
That what we chanc d wan what we meant U) do. 
/"/", Moral Enuys, 1. 100. 
6. To stop or restrain, or, as in law, estop from 
argument or proceedings to the contrary ; oblige 
or bind, as by authority, or by one's own argu- 
ment or concession: generally in the passive: 
as, the defendant is cmir/mlnl by his own plea. 
If ... they will appeal to revelation for their creation, 
they must be ctmclwl'd by It. 
Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
I do not consider the decision of that motion, II|KIU af- 
tldavits. tu amount to a res judirata, hieh ought to con- 
</("/' the present iin|iiiry. Chancellor Krnt. 
7f. To shut up ; refute ; stop the mouth of. 
In all these temptations Christ concluded the fiend, and 
withstood him. 
Exam. of W. Thorpe, In Wordsworth's EccL Biog., I. 266. 
8f. To include. 
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he 
might have mercy upon all. Bom. \i. 32. 
Under these titles of honour do I conclude true lovers. 
Ford, Honour Triumphant. 
II. intrans. 1. To close in; come to an end. 
This his suttle Argument to fast'n a repenting, and by 
that means a guiltiness of Straffords death upon the Par- 
lament, concluden upon his own head. 
Mai",,. Etkonoklastes, il. 
A train of lies, 
That, made In lut, conclude in perjuries. 
Dryden, Fables. 
2. To come to a decision ; resolve; determine; 
decide. 
They did conclude to bear dead I.ucrece thence. 
Shale., Lucrece, 1. 1850. 
The forest sages pondered, and at length 
Concluded in a body to escort her 
Up to her father's house of pride and strength. 
Whiitier, Bridal of Pennacook, v. 
3. To arrive at an opinion ; form a final judg- 
ment. 
Where gentry, title, wisdom, 
Cannot conclude, but by the yea and no 
Of general ignorance. Shale., Cor., 111. 1. 
4. To perform the act of reasoning; deduce a 
consequence or consequences from given prem- 
ises; infer. 
For why should we the busy soul believe, 
When boldly she concludes of that and this? 
Sir J. Dairies, Immortal, of Soul, Int. 
conclude!, " [< conclude, .] A conclusion; 
an ending. 
I shall write this generall leter to you all, hoping it will 
be a good conclude- of a general, but a costly iv, tedious 
bnssines. 
Shirley, quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 406. 
concludencet, concludencyt (kon - klo ' dens, 
-den-si), n. [< concludent (see -ence, -ency) ; = It. 
concludenza?\ Inference ; logical deduction from 
premises ; logical connection ; consequence. 
A necessary or infallible concludency in these evidences 
of fact. Sir H. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 132. 
concludentt (kon-klS'dent), a. [= Pg. It. con- 
cludente, It. also conchiudente,< L. concluden(t-)s, 
e[>r. of concludere, conclude : see conclude, v.} 
ringing to a close ; decisive. 
Arguments . . . highly consequential and concludent to 
my purpose. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
concluder (kon-k!6'der), n. One who concludes. 
Not forward concludern in these times. 
Bp. Mountayu, Appeal to Caesar, p. 146. 
concludible (kon-kl8'di-bl), a. [< conclude, r. t 
+ -ible.'] Capable of being concluded or in- 
ferred. Bentley. 
concluding (kon-kl6'ding), p. a. [Ppr. of con- 
clude, t\] Final; ending; terminal; closing: 
as, the concluding sentence of an essay con- 
cluding line. Xaut. : (a) A small line secured to the 
middle of the steps of stern-ladders, (ft) A line leading 
through the middle of the steps of a Jacob's ladder. 
conclusive 
COncludinglyt (kon-klo"dinj,'-li). nilr. Coiiclu- 
Mvely; \Mtli iiieiiiiti-ovi'i-tilili- evidence. 
RxamiMe win tin I the opinion !'ln 
j. d or not. .*! A. 
COncluSa, . I'lnnil of i-tiiH- 
COndusiblet < koii-klii'/.i-lil), . [< L. mm-lustm, 
]i|i. uf cniii'lnili /v . eiincliiili- ' -ee i inii-liiili. '-.),+ 
i/ili . ] < 'apalile nt' being concluded or inferred ; 
"Hs . . . certainly . . that they will volun 
tiuih .i III",' 
conclusion (kgn-kWihgn), . [(. MK. /HH/-III- 
:iiui == I). I'lini-hixii = ti.riiiii-liitinii |)iill. 
knnl;luttit>H,<. OF. i ', i,rl: LI,,,,. I . ,, a H-II ixin n = 1'r. 
rniirliixio = Sp. conrllltiniK = I'X. rinirlii.iilil = 
It. l-iiiii-lilxl'ini, < L. . . . < nnii-liiil- i . 
pp. COndUMUK, Conclude: see , I, I', 'hull . c.") 1. 
The end, close, or termination ; the final part : 
as, the rinirlii-iiiin of a join T 
our friendships huny to hliort ami p- ' 
cause we have made them a levtinr >( wine ami dreams, 
instead of the tmi-h ttlnv of the Imnuin ' 
/.'mi ,-*,,/i, KrieniWiip. 
2. Final result; outcome; upshot. 
And, the ,:.,,,: :,.,,,n is, she shall lie thine : 
In praeliee let us put it pre.ently. 
.s'/nijt., Mueh Ado, i. 1. 
3. Determination; final decision. 
Ways of peaceable conclusion there are but tn ecrUIn : 
the one a sentence of judicial decision, given by authority 
thereto appointed within ourselves; the other, the like 
kind of sentence given by a more universal authority. 
4. A proposition concluded or inferred from 
premises; the proposition toward which an 
argumentation tends, or which is established 
by it ; also, rarely, the act of inference. 
That there is hut one world, U a concltuion of Faith. 
Sir T. ttrmrnr, Kcllgio Medici, L 35. 
He granted him lioth the major and the minor, but de- 
nied the conclutivn. Additon, Freeholder. 
It Is laudable to encourage Investigation, but to hold 
back conclusion. Jefferson, Correspondence, II. 337. 
5. In gram., that clause of a conditional sen- 
tence which states the consequence of the prop- 
osition assumed in the condition or protasis; 
the apodosis. 6. In rhet., the last main divi- 
sion of a discourse ; that part in which, the dis- 
cussion being finished, its bearings are deduced 
or its points are summed up ; a peroration, ap- 
plication, or recapitulation. 
The cuiiduKwn, like the introduction, deserves special 
consideration. ... In oratory the conclusion Is called the 
peroration. J. De Mille, Rhetoric, 88 400, 406. 
7. An experiment ; a tentative effort for de- 
termining anything. [Obsolete except in the 
phrase to try conclusion*.] 
We practise ... all conclusion* of grafting and inocu- 
lating. Bacon, New Atlantis. 
Her physician tells me 
she hath pursued conclusions infinite 
Of easy ways to die. Shak., A. and C., v. t. 
All the evening pricking down some things, and trying 
some conclusions upon my vlall, in order to the inventing 
a better theory of musick than hath yet teen abroad. 
Pepyi, Diary, III. 404. 
8. In law : (a) The effect of an act by which 
he who did it is bound not to do anything in- 
consistent therewith ; an estoppel. (&) The 
end of a pleading or conveyance, (c) A finding 
or determination Conclusion of fact, the state- 
ment by a judge or referee of his decision as ui what are 
the true facts of the controversy. Conclusion Of law. 
the statement by a judge or referee of the legal rights and 
obligations of the parties resulting from the conclusions 
of fact. Conclusion to the country, the conclusion of 
a pleading by which a part}- "puts himself upon his coun- 
try " that is, appeals to the TeMlct of a jury. See country, 
6. Fallacy of irrelevant conclusion. See/aHaey. 
Foregone conclusion, (n) Something already done or 
accomplished ; an accomplished fact. 
l:i-i". Nay, this was but his dream. 
Oth. But this denoted & foregone conclusion. 
Shak., Othello, ill. 3. 
(6) Something which is certain to he done or to happen : 
as, it is a foregone conclusion that he will be elected. 
In conclusion, finally : lastly ; to conclude ; formerly, 
In short.- To try conclusions with a person, to en- 
gage with him in a contest for master)-, either physical 
or mental ; struggle for victory over him, as in a discus- 
sion, a trial of strength, or a lawsuit. = Syn. I)f,hi,-ii,,n. 
Corollant, etc. (see inference), issue, event, upshot, finale, 
completion. 
conclusionalt (kon-kl8'zhon-al), a. [< conclu- 
sion + -a/.] Concluding, ffp. Hooper. 
conclusive (kon-klS'siv), a. [=F. conctusif = 
Pr. conclusiu "= Sp. Pg. It. conclusivo, < LL. 
"concluttivus (in adv. conclusive), < L. conclugus, 
pp. of concludere, conclude : see conclude, v.~] 1 . 
Decisive of argument or questioning; dispelling 
doubt; finally deciding; leading to a conclusion 
or determination. 
The agreeing votes of both houses were not, by any law 
or reason, cuuclntirr to my judgment. Kilfin Batililre. 
