a. rare. [f. L. conclūs- ppl. stem + -ORY: on L. type *conclūsōri-us.] Relating or tending to a conclusion: conclusive.

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1846.  Worcester cites Clarkson.

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1868.  J. H. Stirling, in N. Brit. Rev., XLIX. Dec., 357. An allusion to the peculiar tediousness, prolusory, interlusory, and conclusory, which is apt at times, and not unfrequently, to overfall Browning.

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1876.  Contemp. Rev., XXVIII. 128. This conciliatory and conclusory chapter.

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