Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Premise (-s)
premise (-s), n. [Fr. < L. præmissa, proposition set in front < præ-, before + mittěre, send.] (webplay: inference).
Supposition; assumption; hypothesis; theory; proposition held to be true; pre-accepted condition; basic postulate assumed to be correct which leads to a logical conclusion.
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