Definition of premise

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Premise (v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

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Paralogism :: Paralogism (n.) A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formulae; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises..
Inconsequential :: Inconsequential (a.) Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence..
Epichirema :: Epichirema (n.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like..
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..
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..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
Premise :: Premise (v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
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..
Consectary :: Consectary (n.) That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary.
Non Sequitur :: Non sequitur () An inference which does not follow from the premises.
Premise :: Premise (n.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously..
Premises :: Premises (pl. ) of Premis.
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..
Premise :: Premise (n.) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn..
Tippling-house :: Tippling-house (n.) A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises..
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..
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..
Discoursive :: Discoursive (a.) Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.
Ratiocination :: Ratiocination (n.) The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning..
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