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conclusion 1. the last main division of a speech, lecture, essay, etc. 2. Logic a. a statement that purports to follow from another or others (the premises) by means of an argument b. a statement that does validly follow from given premises 3. Law a. an admission or statement binding on the party making it; estoppel b. the close of a pleading or of a conveyance |
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Caswall came to the conclusion that there had been some sort of dual action of his mind, which might lead to some catastrophe or some discovery of his secret plans; so he resolved to forgo for a while the pleasure of making discoveries regarding the chest. It was probable that such a combination would happen again, was going to happen now, and, once more, in the bright-lighted cabaret, he would sit on a chair, Del Mar on one side, and on the other side beloved Steward with a glass of beer before him--all of which might be called "leaping to a conclusion"; for conclusion there was, and upon the conclusion Michael acted. On the conclusion of the Nottingham engagement (the results of which more than equaled the results at Derby), I proposed taking the entertainment next -- now we had got it into our own hands -- to Newark. |
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