Definition:
- (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- (n.) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
- (n.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- (n.) 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.
- (v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
Compare premise with other words:
premise vs. remise
premise vs. previse
premise vs. theory
precise vs. premise
premise vs. principle
land vs. premise
epichirema vs. premise
gatherable vs. premise
premise vs. sumption
premise vs. premit
elenchus vs. premise
premise vs. promise
antecedency vs. premise
claim vs. premise
premise vs. property
content vs. premise
parcel vs. premise
idea vs. premise
background vs. premise
precinct vs. premise
local vs. premise
campus vs. premise
excuse vs. premise
example vs. premise
premise vs. presuppose
premise vs. presumption
premise vs. premises
premise vs. premised
premise vs. soundness
area vs. premise
demonstration vs. premise
hypothesis vs. premise
assumption vs. premise
premise vs. vicinity
guess vs. premise
premise vs. word
premise vs. subsumption
phenomenology vs. premise
maxim vs. premise
assume vs. premise
premise vs. state
adjunct vs. premise
building vs. premise
habendum vs. premise
conclusion vs. premise
deduce vs. premise
premise vs. supposition
condition vs. premise
basis vs. premise
assumed vs. premise
premise vs. stated
premise vs. supposed
premise vs. proved
antecedently vs. premise
premise vs. premiss
premise vs. proposition
premise vs. valid
axiom vs. premise
picayune vs. premise
premise vs. syllogism
inverse vs. premise
member vs. premise
postulate vs. premise
premise vs. reason
infer vs. premise
argument vs. premise
premise vs. surmise
canis vs. premise