premise
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English premise, premisse, from Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin premissa (“set before”) (premissa propositio (“the proposition set before”)), feminine past participle of Latin praemittere (“to send or put before”), from prae- (“before”) + mittere (“to send”).
Sense 4, a piece of real estate arose from the misinterpretation of the word by property owners while reading title deeds where the word was used with the legal sense.
Inflected forms:
form: premises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: premiss
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: præmise
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: præmiss
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: premises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: premising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: premised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: premised
pos: verb
tags: past
form: premiss
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: præmise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: præmiss
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
pos: noun
examples: The premises observed,
Thy will by my performance shall be served.
gloss: Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
pos: noun
examples: While the premises stand firm, 'tis impossible to shake the conclusion.
gloss: Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, 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.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
gloss: A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: trespass on another’s premises
On the premises is a beautiful lawn, well stocked with flowering shrubs; hard and soft water.
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
gloss: The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
pos: noun
examples: In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956.
gloss: To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
pos: verb
gloss: To make a premise.
pos: verb
gloss: To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
pos: verb
examples: I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
Having premised thus much, we will now detain those who like our bill of fare no longer from their diet, and shall proceed directly to serve up the first course of our history for their entertainment.
gloss: To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
pos: verb
examples: the premised flames of the last day
1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia
if venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic
Related words: mission
Derived words: counterpremise
off-premise
on-premise
major premise
minor premise
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