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P0527000 (prĕm′ĭs)n. also prem·iss (prĕm′ĭs)1. A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn.2. Logic a. One of the propositions in a deductive argument.b. Either the major or the minor proposition of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.3. premisesa. Land, the buildings on it, or both the land and the buildings on it.b. A building or particular portion of a building.c. Law The part of a deed that states the details of the conveyance of the property.v. prem·ised, prem·is·ing, prem·is·es 1. To provide a basis for; base: "The American Revolution had been premised on a tacit bargain that regional conflicts would be subordinated to the need for unity among the states" (Ron Chernow).2. To state or assume as a proposition in an argument.3. To state in advance as an introduction or explanation.

[Middle English premisse, from Old French, from Medieval Latin praemissa (propositiō), (the proposition) put before, premise, from Latin, feminine past participle of praemittere, to set in front : prae-, pre- + mittere, to send.]Word History: Why do we call a single building the premises? To answer this question, we must go back to the Middle Ages. The English word premises comes from the Latin praemissa, which is both a feminine singular and a neuter plural form of praemissus, the past participle of praemittere, "to send in advance, utter by way of preface, place in front, prefix." In Medieval Latin, the feminine form praemissa was often used with the sense "logical premise" in philosophical discussions, while the neuter plural praemissa was often used with the sense "things mentioned before" in legal documents. Latin praemissa was borrowed into Old French as premisse and thence into Middle English. In Middle English legal documents, the plural premisses came to be used with the sense "the property, collectively, which is specified in the beginning of a legal document and which is conveyed, as by grant." By the first half of the 1700s, this use of the word had given rise to the modern sense of premises, "a building with its grounds or appurtenances."

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n (Logic) logic Also: premiss a statement that is assumed to be true for the purpose of an argument from which a conclusion is drawn vb (when tr, may take a clause as object) to state or assume (a proposition) as a premise in an argument, theory, etc [C14: from Old French prémisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa sent on before, from Latin praemittere to dispatch in advance, from prae before + mittere to send]

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(ˈprɛm ɪs)

n., v. -ised, -is•ing. n. 1. Also, prem′iss.Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion. 2. premises, a. a tract of land including its buildings. b. a building or part of a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances: Is your mother on the premises? c. the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest. 3. Law. a. a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds. b. an earlier statement in a document. c. (in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based. v.t. 4. to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation. 5. to state or assume (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion. v.i. 6. to state or assume a premise. [1325–75; Middle English premiss < Medieval Latin praemissa, n. use of feminine of Latin praemissus, past participle of praemittere to send before =prae- pre- + mittere to send]

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Past participle: premised
Gerund: premising

Imperative
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Present
I premise
you premise
he/she/it premises
we premise
you premise
they premise

Preterite
I premised
you premised
he/she/it premised
we premised
you premised
they premised

Present Continuous
I am premising
you are premising
he/she/it is premising
we are premising
you are premising
they are premising

Present Perfect
I have premised
you have premised
he/she/it has premised
we have premised
you have premised
they have premised

Past Continuous
I was premising
you were premising
he/she/it was premising
we were premising
you were premising
they were premising

Past Perfect
I had premised
you had premised
he/she/it had premised
we had premised
you had premised
they had premised

Future
I will premise
you will premise
he/she/it will premise
we will premise
you will premise
they will premise

Future Perfect
I will have premised
you will have premised
he/she/it will have premised
we will have premised
you will have premised
they will have premised

Future Continuous
I will be premising
you will be premising
he/she/it will be premising
we will be premising
you will be premising
they will be premising

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been premising
you have been premising
he/she/it has been premising
we have been premising
you have been premising
they have been premising

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been premising
you will have been premising
he/she/it will have been premising
we will have been premising
you will have been premising
they will have been premising

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been premising
you had been premising
he/she/it had been premising
we had been premising
you had been premising
they had been premising

Conditional
I would premise
you would premise
he/she/it would premise
we would premise
you would premise
they would premise

Past Conditional
I would have premised
you would have premised
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you would have premised
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	premise - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"assumption, premissposit, postulate - (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoningmajor premise, major premiss - the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption - the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)thesis - an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argumentprecondition, stipulation, condition - an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something elsescenario - a postulated sequence of possible events; "planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack"
Verb	1.	premise - set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"exposit, set forth, expound - state; "set forth one's reasons"
	2.	premise - furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"preface, precede, introducepreamble - make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal documentprologise, prologize, prologuize - write or speak a prologuesay, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
	3.	premise - take something as preexisting and givenpremisspresuppose, suppose - take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"

premise

noun1. assumption, proposition, thesis, ground, argument, hypothesis, assertion, postulate, supposition, presupposition, postulation the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this societyverb1. predicate, found, build, ground, establish, posit The plan is premised on continuing abundant tax returns.

premise

nounSomething taken to be true without proof:assumption, postulate, postulation, presupposition, supposition, theory, thesis.verbTo take for granted without proof:assume, posit, postulate, presume, presuppose, suppose.Informal: reckon.

Translations

הנחהpremessapremettereperceelvoorwaardepremissa

premise

Logic a statement that is assumed to be true for the purpose of an argument from which a conclusion is drawn

Premise

in the broad sense, that on the basis of which an inference or conclusion is drawn. Premises may be facts or judgments of facts, principles, axioms, postulates, or any events or propositions that are raw data from which some information that is new to us can be extracted directly or through reasoning. In this sense we may speak equally of premises of induction and premises of deduction.

In the narrow sense, premises proper in formally deductive logical constructs are propositions to which is applied some rule of inference or formulas symbolizing the propositions and comprising statements of the rules of inference in the investigator’s language. The concept of logical corollary is symmetrical to the concept of premise. These concepts are generally relative: a proposition may be a premise in one application of a rule of inference and a corollary in another. In logical formalisms of the axiomatic type, the premises of the first steps of deduction are stated in advance in the form of axioms and thus play the role of absolute premises, or prerequisites: the deductive procedure must necessarily begin with them. In natural calculi, in which reasoning follows the principle of assumptions that was known even in antiquity, there are no absolute premises.

Whatever their character, premises are a necessary condition for logical argumentation or proof. Here the question of the nonextraneous character of premises turns out to be essential. A premise that is extraneous to a given argument may always be replaced by the contradictory premise without damage to the argument. A law of logic that may be called the law of the extraneous premise corresponds to the rule

(A & B ⊃ C) & (A ⊃ C)) ⊃ (A & ┐ B ⊃ C)

The fundamental task of logic is to investigate the corollaries of given premises and to find nonextraneous premises corresponding to given consequences. Within the limits of the formalism of the algebra of propositions, these problems have an exhaustive solution.

M. M. NOVOSELOV

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noun assumption

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verb predicate

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noun something taken to be true without proof

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verb to take for granted without proof

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noun a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

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verb set forth beforehand, often as an explanation

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verb furnish with a preface or introduction

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verb take something as preexisting and given

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