Anticipatory past participle of the verb "to complect." Let us wait for that.
"I concluded to go to town." Having concluded a course of reasoning (implied) I decided to go to town. A decision is supposed to be made at the conclusion of a course of reasoning, but is not the conclusion itself. Conversely, the conclusion of a syllogism is not a decision, but an inference.
"In this connection I should like to say a word or two." In connection with this matter.
"The King was conscious of the conspiracy." We are conscious of what we feel; aware of what we know.
"He consented to that opinion." To consent is to agree to a proposal; to assent is to agree with a proposition.
"A conservative estimate"; "a conservative forecast"; "a conservative statement," and so on. These and many other abuses of the word are of recent growth in the newspapers and "halls of legislation." Having been found to have several meanings, conservative seems to be thought to mean everything.
It seems that these words should have the same meaning, but in their use by good writers there is a difference. What is done continually is not done all the time, but continuous action is without interruption. A loquacious fellow, who nevertheless finds time to eat and sleep, is continually talking; but a great river flows continuously.
"A man-of-war acted as convoy to the flotilla." The flotilla is the convoy, the man-of-war the escort.