Premise
WordNet
noun
(1) A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
"On the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
verb
(2) Take something as preexisting and given
(3) Furnish with a preface or introduction
"She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
"He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
(4) Set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
"He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
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Alternative spellings
- præmise , præmiss , premiss
Noun
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
- A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).
- trespass on another’s premises
Verb
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument
- To make a premise
Verb
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