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Definition of Premises
Premise Premise Pre*mise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Premised; p. pr. &
vb. n. Premising.] [From L. praemissus, p. p., or E.
premise, n. See Premise, n.]
1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to
be before something else; to employ previously. [Obs.]
The premised flames of the last day. --Shak.
If venesection and a cathartic be premised. --E.
Darwin.
2. 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.
I premise these particulars that the reader may know
that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
--Addison.
Premise Premise Pre*mise", v. i.
To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
--Swift.
