Explicate and Conclude
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
verb
- Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.
- usage: "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
- synonyms: reason, reason out
- Bring to a close.
- usage: "The committee concluded the meeting"
- Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation.
- synonyms: resolve
- Come to a close.
- usage: "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
- synonyms: close
- Reach agreement on.
- usage: "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain.
- (v.t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.
- (v.i.) To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.
- (v.t.) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
- (v.t.) To shut up; to inclose.
- (v.t.) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
- (v.i.) To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.
- (v.t.) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
- (v.t.) To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary