Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Premise \Prem"ise\, n.; pl. {Premises}. [Written also, less
properly, {premiss}.] [F. pr['e]misse, fr. L. praemissus, p.
p. of praemittere to send before; prae before + mittere to
send. See {Mission}.]
1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something
previously stated or assumed as the basis of further
argument; a condition; a supposition.
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The premises observed,
Thy will by my performance shall be served. --Shak.
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2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a
syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
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Note: "All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner."
[1913 Webster] These propositions, which are the
premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion
follows, that A B deserves punishment.
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While the premises stand firm, it is impossible
to shake the conclusion. --Dr. H. More.
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3. pl. (Law) 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.
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4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts;
as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
premises
n 1: land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the
premises"; "the were evicted from the premises"
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