Look up: premise

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   premise
   [n] - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn 2. [v] - set forth beforehand, often as an explanation 3. [v] - take something as preexisting
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   premise
   a first proposition on which subsequent reasoning rests Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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   Premise
   Prem'ise noun ; plural Premises [ Written also, less properly, premiss .] [ French prémisse , from Latin praemissus , past participle 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 arg ...
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   Premise
   Pre·mise' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Premised ; present participle & verbal noun Premising .] [ From Latin praemissus , past participle , or English premise , noun See Premise , noun ] 1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before someth ...
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   Premise
   Pre·mise' intransitive verb To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. Swift.
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   premise
   Alternative forms:, less properly, premiss] [F. Premisse, 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. 'The premises observed, Thy will by ...
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   premise
   premiss noun 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`
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   Premise
   `Premise` (from the Latin `praemissa [propositio]`, meaning `placed in front`) can refer to: * Premise (argument) * Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant `the aforementioned; what this document is about` * Premise (film), the situational logic driving the plot in plays * `Premise`, a trade name for...
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   Premise
   • (n.) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. • (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. • (n.) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; t...
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    premise
    (from the article `logic`) From its very beginning, the field of logic has been occupied with arguments, in which certain statements, the premises, are asserted in order to ... In logic an argument consists of a set of statements, the premises, whose truth supposedly supports the truth of a single statement called the ... ...is made ...
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    premise
    premise, premised, premising, premises 1. A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn. 2. In logic: One of the propositions in a deductive argument; either the major or the minor proposition of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. 3. The preliminary or explanatory statements or facts (premises) of a document, as in a deed. 4. Land and...
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