Definitions for premiseˈprɛm ɪs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
prem•iseˈprɛm ɪs(n.; v.)-ised, -is•ing.
(n.)Also, prem′iss.Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
Category: Philosphy
premises, a tract of land including its buildings. a building or part of a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances: the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest.
Is your mother on the premises?
Category: Law
Law. a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds. an earlier statement in a document. (in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based.
Category: Law
(v.t.)to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation.
to state or assume (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion.
Category: Philosphy
(v.i.)to state or assume a premise.
Origin of premise:
1325–75; ME premiss < ML praemissa, n. use of fem. of L praemissus, ptp. of praemittere to send before =prae-pre - +mittere to send
Princeton's WordNet
premise, premiss, assumption(verb)
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"
premise(verb)
set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
"He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
precede, preface, premise, introduce(verb)
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"
premise, premiss(verb)
take something as preexisting and given
Wiktionary
premise(Noun)
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
premise(Noun)
Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
premise(Noun)
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.
premise(Noun)
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).
trespass on anotheru2019s premises
premise(Verb)
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument
premise(Verb)
To make a premise
Webster Dictionary
Premise(noun)
a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition
Premise(noun)
either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn
Premise(noun)
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
Premise(noun)
a piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises
Premise(noun)
to send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously
Premise(noun)
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 down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings
Premise(verb)
to make a premise; to set forth something as a premise
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