Premise

['premɪs] or [ˈpremɪs]

Definition

(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'.

(verb.) take something as preexisting and given.

(verb.) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; 'He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand'.

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Definition

(n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

(n.) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.

(n.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

(n.) 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.

(v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Preface, lay down beforehand, state at the outset, set forth at the beginning.

v. n. Begin, enter upon the subject, state beforehand.

n. Antecedent proposition.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Announce, forestate, preface

ANT:Add, append, infer, gather, supplement, subjoin

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Definition

v.t. to send or state before the rest: to make an introduction: to lay down propositions for subsequent reasonings.

n. that which is premised or stated at the outset: a proposition previously stated or proved for after-reasoning: (logic) one of the two propositions in a syllogism from which the conclusion is drawn: the thing set forth in the beginning of a deed.—n.pl. Prem′ises a building and its adjuncts.

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