Definition of premise

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Premise (n.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously..

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Collect :: Collect (v. t.) To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Given :: Given (v.) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise..
Discoursive :: Discoursive (a.) Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.
Non Sequitur :: Non sequitur () An inference which does not follow from the premises.
Premise :: Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
Premise :: Premise (n.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously..
Particular :: Particular (n.) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises..
Habendum :: Habendum (n.) That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum..
Premise :: Premise (n.) 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..
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.
Inferable :: Inferable (a.) Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises.
Reentry :: Reentry (n.) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease..
Deduce :: Deduce (v. t.) To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of..
Watchdog :: Watchdog (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders..
Gatherable :: Gatherable (a.) Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises.
Ground :: Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope..
Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..
Premise :: Premise (n.) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises..
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