End Roget’s Thesaurus §67 N. end, close, termination,
desinence, conclusion,
finis,
finale, period, term,
terminus, endpoint, last,
omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end,
tip,
nib, point, tail,
verge,
tag,
peroration,
bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard,
consummation,
denouement, finish, fate,
doom,
doomsday, crack of doom, day of judgment,
dies irae, fall of the curtain,
goal,
destination, limit, determination,
expiration,
expiry,
extinction,
extermination, death, end of all things,
finality,
eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace,
deathblow, knock-out, -blow, sockdolager*
V. end, close, finish,
terminate, conclude, be all over,
expire, die, come to a close, draw to a close, have run its course, run out, pass away, bring to an end, put an end to, make an end of, determine, get through,
achieve, stop, shut up shop, hang up one's fiddle
Adj. ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate,
hindermost, rear,
caudal, vergent,
conterminate,
conterminous,
conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest,
conclusive,
penultimate, last but one, last but two, &c. unbegun, uncommenced, fresh
Adv. finally, in fine, at the last, once for all
Phr. "as high as heaven and as deep as hell", deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus romanorum
N. stability,
quiescence,
obstinacy,
permanence,
persistence,
endurance,
durability, standing,
status quo, maintenance, preservation,
conservation,
conservation, law of the medes and persians, standing dish
V. let alone, let be, let it be,
persist, remain, stay,
tarry, rest,
stet, hold, hold on, last,
endure,
bide,
abide,
aby, dwell, maintain, keep, stand, stand still, stand fast,
subsist, live, outlive,
survive, hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing, hold good
Adj. stable,
persisting, permanent, established, unchanged &c. (change ), renewed,
intact,
inviolate,
persistent,
monotonous, uncheckered, unfailing, undestroyed,
unrepealed, unsuppressed,
conservative, qualis ab incepto,
prescriptive,
stationary Adv. in statu quo, for good,
finally, at a stand, at a standstill,
uti possidetis, without a shadow of turning
Phr. esto perpetua, nolumus leges angliae mutari, j'y suis et j'y ereste
N. {ant. 477} reasoning,
ratiocination,
rationalism,
dialectics, induction,
generalization, discussion, comment,
ventilation, inquiry,
argumentation, controversy,
debate,
polemics,
wrangling, contention logomachy,
disputation,
disceptation, paper war, art of reasoning, logic, process of reasoning, train of reasoning, chain of reasoning,
deduction, induction,
abduction,
synthesis, analysis, argument, case, plaidoyer, opening,
lemma, proposition, terms,
premises,
postulate, data, starting point, principle, inference,
prosyllogism,
syllogism,
enthymeme,
sorites,
dilemma, perilepsis, a priori reasoning, reductio ad absurdum, horns of a dilemma, argumentum ad hominem, comprehensive argument, empirema,
epagoge, reasoner,
logician,
dialectician,
disputant,
controversialist,
controvertist,
wrangler,
arguer, debater polemic,
casuist,
rationalist,
scientist,
eristic, logical sequence, good case, correct just reasoning, sound reasoning, valid reasoning, cogent reasoning, logical reasoning, forcible reasoning, persuasive reasoning, persuasory reasoning, consectary reasoning|,
conclusive, subtle reasoning, force of argument, strong point, strong argument, persuasive argument, arguments, reasons, pros and cons
V. reason,
argue,
discuss,
debate, dispute, wrangle- argufy, bandy words, bandy arguments, chop logic, hold an argument, carry on an argument,
controvert,
canvass, comment upon, moralize upon,
spiritualize, consider, open a discussion, open a case, try conclusions, join issue, be at issue,
moot, come to the point, stir a question, agitate a question, ventilate a question, torture a question, take up a side, take up a case,
contend, take one's stand upon,
insist, lay stress on,
infer, follow from
Adj. reasoning,
rationalistic,
argumentative,
controversial,
dialectic,
polemical,
discursory,
discursive,
disputatious,
aristotelian,
eristic,
eristical,
debatable,
controvertible, logical,
relevant Adv. for, because, hence, whence, seeing that, since,
sith, then thence so, for that reason, for this reason, for which reason, for as, inasmuch as, whereas, ex concesso, considering, in consideration of, therefore, wherefore, consequently,
ergo, thus, accordingly,
a fortiori, in conclusion, in fine,
finally, after all, au bout du compt, on the whole, taking one thing with another
Phr. ab actu ad posse valet consecutio, per troppo dibatter la verita si perde, troppo disputare la verita fa errare