Noah Webster
Conclusion
CONCLUSION, noun [Latin]
1. End; close; the last part; as the conclusion of an address.
2. The close of an argument, debate or reasoning; inference that ends the discussion; final result.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13.
3. Determination; final decision.
After long debate, the house of commons came to this conclusion
4. Consequence; inference; that which is collected or drawn from premises; particular deduction from propositions, facts, experience, or reasoning.
5. The event of experiments; experiment.
We practice all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. [Not used.]
6. Confinement of the thoughts; silence. [Not used.]