PREMISE
\pɹˈɛmɪs], \pɹˈɛmɪs], \p_ɹ_ˈɛ_m_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of PREMISE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
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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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A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
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To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
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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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To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which is premised: a proposition antecedently supposed or proved for after-reasoning: (logic) one of the two propositions in a syllogism from which the conclusion is drawn: the thing set forth in the beginning of a deed:-pl. a building and its adjuncts.
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To send or state before the rest: to make an introduction: to lay down propositions for subsequent reasonings.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A proposition antecedently sup-posed or proved ;-each of the first two propositions of a syllogism from which the inference or conclusion is drawn ;-in law, that part in a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed ;-the subject matter of a deed ; lands or houses conveyed by deed ; hence, a building and its adjuncts.
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