4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Premise  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Premise  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Premise  \Pre*mise"\,  v.  i. 
  To  make  a  premise;  to  set  forth  something  as  a  premise. 
  --Swift. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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"  [syn: 
  {premiss},  {assumption}] 
  v  1:  set  forth  beforehand,  often  as  an  explanation:  "He  premised 
  these  remarks  so  that  his  readers  might  understand..." 
  2:  furnish  with  a  preface  [syn:  {preface},  {introduce}] 
  3:  take  something  as  preexisting  [syn:  {premiss}] 

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