About The Word Premise
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Premise
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What's The Definition Of Premise?
[n] 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"
[v] set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand..." [v] take something as preexisting [v] furnish with a preface Synonyms | Synonyms for Premise: assumption | introduce | preface | premiss | premiss Related Terms | Find terms related to Premise: See Also | condition | exposit | expound | major premise | major premiss | minor premise | minor premiss | posit | postulate | preamble | precondition | presuppose | prologise | prologize | say | set forth | state | stipulation | subsumption | tell | thesis Premise In Webster's Dictionary \Prem"ise\, n.; pl. {Premises}. [Written also, less
properly, {premiss}.] [F. pr['e]misse, fr. L. praemissus, p.
p. of praemittere to send before; prae before + mittere to
send. See {Mission}.]
1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something
previously stated or assumed as the basis of further
argument; a condition; a supposition.
The premises observed, Thy will by my performance
shall be served. --Shak.
2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a
syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
Note: ``All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner.''
These propositions, which are the premises, being true
or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves
punishment.
While the premises stand firm, it is impossible
to shake the conclusion. --Dr. H. More.
3. pl. (Law) 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. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts;
as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
\Pre*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Premised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Premising}.] [From L. praemissus, p. p., or E. premise, n. See {Premise}, n.] 1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. [Obs.] The premised flames of the last day. --Shak. If venesection and a cathartic be premised. --E. Darwin. 2. 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. I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. --Addison. \Pre*mise"\, v. i. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. --Swift. |
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