premise
[prem-is]
- Also prem·iss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- premises,
- a tract of land including its buildings.
- a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances.
- the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest.
- Law.
- a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds.
- an earlier statement in a document.
- (in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based.
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- to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation.
- to assume, either explicitly or implicitly, (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion.
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- to state or assume a premise.
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Origin of premise
Synonyms
See more synonyms for premise on Thesaurus.com1. assumption, postulate. 5. postulate, hypothesize.
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Contemporary Examples
Ben invigorated the Post building just by being in it, just by being on the premises.
Some factories do not employ Muslims on the premises who can oversee the process, Nana said.
Both are prohibited from leaving the premises for security reasons.
The men demanded to be allowed inside, claiming there were reports of minors drinking on the premises.
By late afternoon Thursday, the Boston Police had reportedly cited TD Garden for having intoxicated minors on its premises.
Historical Examples
And, certainly, a truer deduction than this has never been drawn from any premises whatever.
RidgewayScian Dubh
Though I should allow your premises, I must deny your conclusion.
But we put it on the irrefragable logic of the materialist's own premises and conclusions.
Life: Its True GenesisR. W. Wright
And what, at this rate, is the general conclusion to be drawn from the premises?
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
It did not occur to her to question his right to be on Mrs. Camp's premises.
Four Girls and a CompactAnnie Hamilton Donnell
premises
- a piece of land together with its buildings, esp considered as a place of business
- law
- (in a deed, etc) the matters referred to previously; the aforesaid; the foregoing
- the introductory part of a grant, conveyance, etc
- law (in the US) the part of a bill in equity that states the names of the parties, details of the plaintiff's claims, etc
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premise
- Also: premiss logic a statement that is assumed to be true for the purpose of an argument from which a conclusion is drawn
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- (when tr, may take a clause as object) to state or assume (a proposition) as a premise in an argument, theory, etc
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French prémisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa sent on before, from Latin praemittere to dispatch in advance, from prae before + mittere to send
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Word Origin and History for premises
n.
"building and grounds," 1730; see premise (n.).
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premise
n.
late 14c., in logic, "a previous proposition from which another follows," from Old French premisse (14c.), from Medieval Latin premissa (propositio or sententia) "(the proposition) set before," noun use of fem. past participle of Latin praemittere "send forward, put before," from prae "before" (see pre-) + mittere "to send" (see mission). In legal documents it meant "matter previously stated" (early 15c.), which in deeds or wills often was a house or building, hence the extended meaning "house or building, with grounds" (1730).
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premise
v.
"to state before something else," mid-15c., from premise (n.). Related: Premised; premising.
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