premise

Etymology
From, from , from , feminine past participle of , from  +.

The sense "a piece of real estate" arose from the misinterpretation of the word by property owners while reading title deeds where the word was used with the legal sense.

Noun

 * 1) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
 * 2)  Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
 * 5)  The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
 * 1)  A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
 * 2)  The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
 * 1)  The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
 * 1)  The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
 * 1)  The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: premissa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: premisa
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λῆμμα
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: претпо́ставка
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kahunaan
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: مُقَدِّمَة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: premissa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: forsenda
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: претпо́ставка
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: kahunaan
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: терито́рија, просто́рија, зда́ние, не́движност
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:,  ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:

Verb

 * 1) To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
 * 2) To make a premise.
 * 3) To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
 * 4) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
 * 5) * 1794–1796,, Zoonomia
 * if venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic
 * 1) * 1794–1796,, Zoonomia
 * if venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic
 * if venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic