Definition of premise

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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..

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Sumptuary :: Sumption (n.) The major premise of a syllogism.
Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..
Inferable :: Inferable (a.) Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises.
Watchdog :: Watchdog (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders..
Given :: Given (v.) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise..
Episyllogism :: Episyllogism (n.) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism..
Reason :: Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
Gatherable :: Gatherable (a.) Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible 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..
Trilemma :: Trilemma (n.) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma..
Subsumptive :: Subsumption (n.) That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism..
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..
Inconsequential :: Inconsequential (a.) Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Premise :: Premise (v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
Give :: Give (n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given..
Deductive :: Deductive (a.) Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
Non Sequitur :: Non sequitur () An inference which does not follow from the premises.
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.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like..
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