ENDn.
1. The extreme point of a line, or of anything that has more length than breadth; as the end of a house; the end of a table; the end of a finger; the end of a chain or rope. When bodies or figures have equal dimensions, or equal length and breadth, the extremities are called sides.
2. The extremity or last part, in general; the close or conclusion, applied to time.
At the end of two months, she returned. Judges 11:39.
3. The conclusion or cessation of an action.
Of the increase of his government there shall be no end. Isaiah 9:7.
4. The close or conclusion; as the end of a chapter.
5. Ultimate state or condition; final doom.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace. Psalm 37:37.
6. The point beyond which no progression can be made.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Psalm 107:27.
7. Final determination; conclusion of debate or deliberation.
My guilt be on my head and there's an end!
8. Close of life; death; decease.
Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
9. Cessation; period; close of a particular state of things; as the end of the world.
10. Limit; termination.
There is no end of the store. Nahum 2:9.
11. Destruction. Amos 8:2.
The end of all flesh is come. Genesis 6:13.
12. Cause of death; a destroyer.
And award
Either of you to be the other's end.
13. Consequence; issue; result; conclusive event; conclusion.
The end of these things is death. Romans 6:21.
14. A fragment or broken piece.
Old odd ends.
15. The ultimate point or thing at which one aims or directs his views; the object intended to be reached or accomplished by any action or scheme; purpose intended; scope; aim; drift; as private ends; public ends.
Two things I shall propound to you, as ends.
The end of the commandments is charity. 1 Timothy 1:5.
A right to the end, implies a right to the means necessary for attaining it.
16. An end, for on end, upright; erect; as, his hair stands an end.
17. The ends of the earth, in scripture, are the remotest parts of the earth, or the inhabitants of those parts.
ENDv.t.
To finish; to close; to conclude; to terminate; as, to end a controversy; to end a war.
On the seventh day God ended his work. Genesis 2:2.
1. To destroy; to put to death.
King Harry, thy sword hath ended him.
ENDv.i.
To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; as, a voyage ends by the return of a ship.
1. To terminate; to close; to conclude. The discourse ends with impressive words.
2. To cease; to come to a close. Winter ends in March, and summer in September. A good like ends in peace.