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premising |
1 definition 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.
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