PREMISE
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Prem"ise (?), n.; pl. Premises (&unr_;). [Written also, less properly, premiss.] [F. prémisse, 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.
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The premises observed,
Thy will by my performance shall be served.
Shak.
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2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
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“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.
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While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion.
Dr. H. More.
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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.
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4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
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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.]
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The premised flames of the last day.
Shak.
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If venesection and a cathartic be premised.
E. Darwin.
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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.
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I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
Addison.
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Pre*mise" (?), v. i. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. Swift.
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