'Premise' definitions:
Definition of 'premise'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: premise, premiss, assumption]
verb
Set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
verb
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" [syn: precede, preface, premise, introduce]
verb
Take something as preexisting and given [syn: premise, premiss]
Definition of 'Premise'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- The premised flames of the last day. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If venesection and a cathartic be premised. --E. Darwin. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Premise'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. [1913 Webster]
- Note: "All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner." [1913 Webster] These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment. [1913 Webster]
- While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Premise'
From: GCIDE
- Premise \Pre*mise"\, v. i. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'premise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a priori principle,
- affirmation,
- ancestor,
- antecedent,
- apriorism,
- argue,
- assert,
- assertion,
- assume,
- assumed position,
- assumption,
- avant-propos,
- axiom,
- basis,
- basis for belief,
- body of evidence,
- breakthrough,
- categorical proposition,
- chain of evidence,
- clue,
- conjecture,
- data,
- datum,
- documentation,
- evidence,
- exhibit,
- exordium,
- fact,
- facts,
- first principles,
- forerunner,
- foreword,
- foundation,
- front matter,
- frontispiece,
- ground,
- grounds,
- grounds for belief,
- guesswork,
- hypothecate,
- hypothesis,
- hypothesis ad hoc,
- hypothesize,
- indication,
- inference,
- innovation,
- introduce,
- introduction,
- item of evidence,
- leap,
- lemma,
- major premise,
- manifestation,
- mark,
- material grounds,
- minor premise,
- muniments,
- mute witness,
- overture,
- philosopheme,
- philosophical proposition,
- piece of evidence,
- posit,
- position,
- postulate,
- postulation,
- postulatum,
- preamble,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predicate,
- preface,
- prefix,
- prefixture,
- preliminary,
- prelude,
- premises,
- premiss,
- presume,
- presumption,
- presupposal,
- presuppose,
- presupposition,
- proem,
- prolegomena,
- prolegomenon,
- prolepsis,
- prologize,
- prologue,
- proof,
- proposal,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propositional function,
- protasis,
- put forth,
- reason to believe,
- relevant fact,
- set forth,
- set of postulates,
- sign,
- statement,
- sumption,
- supposal,
- suppose,
- supposing,
- supposition,
- surmise,
- symptom,
- theorem,
- theorize,
- thesis,
- token,
- truth table,
- truth-function,
- truth-value,
- verse,
- voluntary,
- working hypothesis