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Word: premise
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- logic Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- plural A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).
- plural|legal 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.
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Verb:
- To make a premise
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument
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