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noun

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.

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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.

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The conclusion or cessation of an action. Of the increase of his government there shall be no end. Isaiah 9:7.

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The close or conclusion; as the end of a chapter.

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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.

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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.

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Final determination; conclusion of debate or deliberation. My guilt be on my head and there’s an end!

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Close of life; death; decease. Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.

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Cessation; period; close of a particular state of things; as the end of the world.

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Limit; termination. There is no end of the store. Nahum 2:9.

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Destruction. Amos 8:2. The end of all flesh is come. Genesis 6:13.

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Cause of death; a destroyer. And award . Either of you to be the other’s end.

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Consequence; issue; result; conclusive event; conclusion. The end of these things is death. Romans 6:21.

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A fragment or broken piece. Old odd ends.

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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. 7 Timothy 1:5. A right to the end, implies a right to the means necessary for attaining it.

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An end, for on end, upright; erect; as, his hair stands an end.

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The ends of the earth, in scripture, are the remotest parts of the earth, or the inhabitants of those parts.

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verb transitive

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.

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To destroy; to put to death. King Harry, thy sword hath ended him.

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verb intransitive

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; as, a voyage ends by the return of a ship.