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Hysteron Proteron :: Hysteron proteron () An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence..

Concludency :: Concludency (n.) Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion.

Gatherable :: Gatherable (a.) Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises.

Derivable :: Derivable (a.) That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources..

Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like..

Subsumptive :: Subsumption (n.) That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism..

Premiss :: Premiss (n.) Premise.

Major :: Major (a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]..

Inferable :: Inferable (a.) Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises.

Demonstration :: Demonstration (n.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions..

Minor :: Minor (n.) The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness..

Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence..

Collection :: Collection (n.) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred..

Illation :: Illation (n.) The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.

Housewarming :: Housewarming (n.) A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.

Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Watchdog :: Watchdog (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders..

Premises :: Premises (pl. ) of Premis.

Improvement :: Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises..

Given :: Given (v.) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise..

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