Premise ¹

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

Premise ²

Definition: Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

Premise ³

Definition: 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.

Premise ⁴

Definition: To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

Premise ⁵

Definition: 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.

Premise ⁶

Definition: To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

premise ⁷

Definition: 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"

premise ⁸

Definition: take something as preexisting and given

premise ⁹

Definition: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"

premise ¹⁰

Definition: set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"