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Webster 1913 Edition
Premise
Prem′ise
,Noun.
pl.
Premises
. [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.
The
Thy will by my performance shall be served.
premises
observed,Thy will by my performance shall be served.
Shakespeare
2.
(Logic)
Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
“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
.Pre-mise′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Premised
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Premising
.] 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. Shakespeare
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.
Pre-mise′
,Verb.
I.
To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Premise
PREMI'SE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To speak or write before, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows. I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
2.
To send before the time. [Not in use.]3.
To lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.4.
To use or apply previously. If venesection and a cathartic be premised.
PREMI'SE
,Verb.
I.