English to English
noun
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand.
source: WordNet 3.0
- furnish with a preface or introduction
She always precedes her lectures with a joke.
He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution.
source: WordNet 3.0
- take something as preexisting and given
source: WordNet 3.0
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
source: Webster 1913
- To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
source: Webster 1913
