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FIN'ISH, L. finio, from finis, an end.

1. To arrive at the end of, in performance to complete as, to finish a house to finish a journey.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished. Genesis 2 .

2. To make perfect.

Episodes, taken separately, finish nothing.

3. To bring to an end to end to put an end to.

Seventy weeks are determined on thy people, and on thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and make an end of sins.

Daniel 9 .

4. To perfect to accomplish to polish to the degree of excellence intended. In this sense it is frequently used in the participle of the perfect tense as an adjective. It is a finished performance. He is a finished scholar.