Etymology: (1325–75; ME premiss < ML praemissa, n. use of fem. of L praemissus, ptp. of praemittere to send before =prae-pre - +mittere to send)
Definition of 'Premise'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)premise, premiss, assumption 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"
2. (verb)premise set forth beforehand, often as an explanation "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
3. (verb)precede, preface, premise, introduce 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. (verb)premise, premiss take something as preexisting and given
Definition of 'Premise'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Premise a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition
2. (noun)Premise either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn
3. (noun)Premise 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
4. (noun)Premise a piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises
5. (noun)Premise to send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously
6. (noun)Premise to set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay downpremises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings
7. (verb)Premise to make a premise; to set forth something as a premise
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