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Definition of premise
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of premise is as below...
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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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..
Tippling-house
::
Tippling-house
(n.) A house in which
liquors
are sold in drams or small
quantities,
to be drunk on the
premises..
Conclude
::
Conclude
(v. t.) To reach as an end of
reasoning;
to
infer,
as from
premises;
to
close,
as an
argument,
by
inferring;
--
sometimes
followed
by a
dependent
clause..
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..
Syllogistic
::
Syllogism
(n.) The
regular
logical
form of every
argument,
consisting
of three
propositions,
of which the first two are
called
the
premises,
and the last, the
conclusion.
The
conclusion
necessarily
follows
from the
premises;
so that, if these are true, the
conclusion
must be true, and the
argument
amounts
to
demonstration.
Premise
::
Premise
(n.) To send
before
the time, or
beforehand;
hence,
to cause to be
before
something
else; to
employ
previously..
Premise
::
Premise
(v. i.) To make a
premise;
to set forth
something
as a
premise.
Follow
::
Follow
(v. t.) To
result
from, as an
effect
from a
cause,
or an
inference
from a
premise..
Inconsequent
::
Inconsequent
(a.) Not
following
from the
premises;
not
regularly
inferred;
invalid;
not
characterized
by
logical
method;
illogical;
arbitrary;
inconsistent;
of no
consequence.
Paralogize
::
Paralogize
(v. i.) To
reason
falsely;
to draw
conclusions
not
warranted
by the
premises.
Given
::
Given (v.)
Granted;
assumed;
supposed
to be
known;
set forth as a known
quantity,
relation,
or
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]..
Prosylogism
::
Prosylogism
(n.) A
syllogism
preliminary
or
logically
essential
to
another
syllogism;
the
conclusion
of such a
syllogism,
which
becomes
a
premise
of the
following
syllogism..
Watchdog
::
Watchdog
(n.) A dog kept to watch and guard
premises
or
property,
and to give
notice
of the
approach
of
intruders..
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..
Deduction
::
Deduction
(n.) That which is
deduced
or drawn from
premises
by a
process
of
reasoning;
an
inference;
a
conclusion.
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..
Ratiocination
::
Ratiocination
(n.) The
process
of
reasoning,
or
deducing
conclusions
from
premises;
deductive
reasoning..
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..
Converse
::
Converse
(n.) A
proposition
in
which,
after a
conclusion
from
something
supposed
has been
drawn,
the order is
inverted,
making
the
conclusion
the
supposition
or
premises,
what was first
supposed
becoming
now the
conclusion
or
inference.
Thus, if two sides of a sides of a
triangle
are
equal,
the
angles
opposite
the sides are
equal;
and the
converse
is true, i.e., if these
angles
are
equal,
the two sides are
equal..
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