Premiss vs. Premise
Difference Between Premiss and Premise
Premissnoun
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 playPremisenoun
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Premissverb
take something as preexisting and given
Premisenoun
(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
Premisenoun
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.
Premisenoun
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts. (This meaning arose from meaning #3, by owners of land and/or buildings finding the word in their title deeds and wrongly guessing its meaning.)
trespass on another’s premisesPremisenoun
(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
Premiseverb
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
Premiseverb
To make a premise.
Premiseverb
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
Premiseverb
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
Premisenoun
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 playPremiseverb
set forth beforehand, often as an explanation;
He premised these remarks so that his readers might understandPremiseverb
furnish with a preface or introduction;
She always precedes her lectures with a jokeHe prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institutionPremiseverb
take something as preexisting and given
