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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCLUSIVE, a.
1. Final; decisive; as a conclusive answer to a proposition.
2. Decisive; giving a final determination; precluding a further act.
The agreeing votes of both houses were not, by any law or reason, conclusive to my judgment.
3. Decisive; concluding the question; putting an end to debate; as a conclusive argument.
4. Regularly consequential.
Men, not knowing the true forms of syllogisms, cannot know whether they are made in right and conlusive modes and figures.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive" [ant: inconclusive]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1536 1. of, relating to, or being a conclusion 2. putting an end to debate or question especially by reason of irrefutability • conclusively adverb • conclusiveness noun Synonyms: conclusive, decisive, determinative, definitive mean bringing to an end. conclusive applies to reasoning or logical proof that puts an end to debate or questioning <conclusive evidence>. decisive may apply to something that ends a controversy, a contest, or any uncertainty <a decisive battle>. determinative adds an implication of giving a fixed character or direction <the determinative factor in the court's decision>. definitive applies to what is put forth as final and permanent <the definitive biography>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. decisive, convincing. Derivatives: conclusively adv. conclusiveness n. Etymology: LL conclusivus (as conclusion)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conclusive Con*clu"sive, a. [Cf. F. conclusif.] Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision. Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. --Rogers. Conclusive evidence (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. Conclusive presumption (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong. Syn: Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See Final.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly true. Her attorneys claim there is no conclusive evidence that any murders took place... Research on the matter is far from conclusive. ADJ • conclusively A new study proved conclusively that smokers die younger than non-smokers. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Decisive, convincing, unanswerable, irrefutable, clinching or clenching. 2. Final, ultimate, without appeal.

Moby Thesaurus

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