Premised

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
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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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