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   End (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ending.]
   1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, “to end a speech”. “I shall end this strife.”  Shak.
   
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   On the seventh day God ended his work. Gen. ii. 2.
   
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   2. To form or be at the end of; as, “the letter k ends the word back”.
   
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   3. To destroy; to put to death. “This sword hath ended him.”  Shak.
   
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   To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead.
   
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   Ending (?), n.
   1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.
   
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   2. (Gram.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5.
   
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   Ending day, day of death.  Chaucer.
   
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