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English Dictionary: premiss	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for premiss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
premiss n 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" Synonym(s): premise, premiss, assumption v take something as preexisting and given [syn: premise, premiss]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Premise \Prem"ise\, n.; pl. {Premises}. [Written also, less properly, {premiss}.] [F. pr[82]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. The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served. --Shak. 2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. Note: [bd]All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner.[b8] These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment. While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. --Dr. H. More. 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. 4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Premiss \Prem"iss\, n. Premise. --Whately. I. Watts