>>If you compare concludere with decidere (long "i") there might be some overlap, but the distinct sets are more in line of Holmes concluding something based on exhaustive analysis and Alexander deciding on battle strategies with some facts but elements of the battle still to enfold..

A Latin scholar out of Germany?! I assume you're referring to Latin (even though Alexander was Greek, though Dragan might insist on Macedonian) so thanks for the reminder that "decidere" has little attachment to its English derivative. Latin derivations went haywire in common parlance, only closely preserved in English-speaking communities via Catholicism until 1969 and medicine to this day. But in this case we have a fellow who sees "Occam's Razor" and rather than applying it, starts talking about shaving his face. "Deliberatus." ;-)

Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate
Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem