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premiss

Noun

prem=iss

WORDNET DICTIONARY

premiss(n = noun.communication) assumption, premise - 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"

is a kind of posit, postulate

has particulars: major premise, major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption, thesis, condition, precondition, stipulation, scenario

Derived form verb premiss₁

premiss(v = verb.cognition) premise - take something as preexisting and given; Array

is one way to presuppose, suppose

Derived form noun premiss₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

premiss, n.

Premise. Whately. I. Watts [1913 Webster]

premiss, n. Logic a previous statement from which another is inferred.

Etymology

var. of PREMISE

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