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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Premise

/prĕm'ĭs/ · Prem·ise · IPA /ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/
01 n. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supp…
pl. Premises
  1. 1.
    A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
    “The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.(Logic)
    “While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion.” — Dr. H. More.
  3. 3.
    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.(Law)
  4. 4.
    A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
02 v. t. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
imp. & p. p. Premised; p. pr. & vb. n. Premising
  1. 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.” — Shak.
    “If venesection and a cathartic be premised.” — E. Darwin.
  2. 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.
03 v. i. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
  1. 1.
    To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.