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premise (verb), premises; premised; premising
1. To state or to assume something as pre-existing during an argument: Henry premised his speech with the idea that everyone wants to have a job and to be able to take care of themselves economically.

Sam, do you mean to premise that the bank lied to us about the amount of funds in our account?

2. To provide an explanation before the main contents: The author premised his readers with an introductory note to explain the purpose of his book.
3. Etymology: from Latin praemittere "to send or to put before"; from prae-, "before" + mittere, "to send".
This entry is located in the following unit: pre-, prae- (page 11)
premise, premiss (s) (noun); premises, premisses (pl)
1. A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn: Max disagreed with May's premise that the rainstorm would keep them from being able to go to school.
2. A statement in advance as an introduction or an explanation: Since Mark fell down and got his clothing all muddy, his premise to his mother justified his reason for returning home instead of going to see the movie.
3. Etymology: from Latin, praemittere, "to set in front"; prae- or pre-, "before" + mittere, "to send".
A statement considered to be true.
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This entry is located in the following units: miss-, mis-, -miss, -mis, mit-, mitt-, -mit, -mitt (page 5) pre-, prae- (page 11)