premising
- present participle of premise.
Example Sentences
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Feinstein, who is well known for her opposition to drones, is premising her legislation on safety concerns.
From Forbes ● Dec. 3, 2014
One of his most premising innovations was a new Secretariat for non-Christian religions; but Paul entrusted the project to a Curia professional, Paolo Cardinal Marella, and almost nothing has been heard of it since.
From Time Magazine Archive
This much for externals—men and beasts included, merely premising that the whole affair was situated in a quiet detachment by itself, a few hundred yards in rear of the village.
From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
Dear Edward: I promised to send you any news I might pick up about your mother and her premising husband.
From Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune by Alger, Horatio
Club-foot used to perch beside me on a chair, and pick his morsels from the floor, always premising that two windows at least must be open.
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon
