Premiss

3 definitions found

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

  Premise \Prem"ise\, n.; pl. {Premises}. [Written also, less
     properly, {premiss}.] [F. pr['e]misse, 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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     Note: "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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Premiss \Prem"iss\, n.
     Premise. --Whately. I. Watts
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  premiss
       n : a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a
           conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has
           been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [syn:
            {premise}, {assumption}]
       v : take something as preexisting and given [syn: {premise}]