Premise /(?)/

pl. Premises

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.

2. Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. (Logic)

   While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion.

3. 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. (Law)
4. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.

imp. & p. p. Premised; p. pr. & vb. n. Premising

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.

   If venesection and a cathartic be premised.

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.

1. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.