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Definition of Premise
1. Verb. Set forth beforehand, often as an explanation. "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
2. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Posit, Postulate
Specialized synonyms: Major Premise, Major Premiss, Minor Premise, Minor Premiss, Subsumption, Thesis, Condition, Precondition, Stipulation, Scenario
Derivative terms: Assume, Premiss
3. Verb. Furnish with a preface or introduction. "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
Specialized synonyms: Preamble, Prologise, Prologize, Prologuize
Generic synonyms: Say, State, Tell
Derivative terms: Introductory, Introductory, Preface
4. Verb. Take something as preexisting and given.
Definition of Premise
1. n. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
2. v. t. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
3. v. i. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
Definition of Premise
1. Noun. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. ¹
2. Noun. (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced. ¹
3. Noun. (usually plural legal) 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. ¹
4. Noun. (usually plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form). ¹
5. Verb. To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument ¹
6. Verb. To make a premise ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Premise
1. to state in advance [v -MISED, -MISING, -MISES]
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