Premiss vs. Premise

Premissnoun

Premise.

Premissnoun

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;

Premissverb

take something as preexisting and given

Premisenoun

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

Premisenoun

(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

Premisenoun

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.

Premisenoun

A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts. (This meaning arose from meaning #3, by owners of land and/or buildings finding the word in their title deeds and wrongly guessing its meaning.)

Premisenoun

(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.

Premiseverb

To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.

Premiseverb

To make a premise.

Premiseverb

To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.

Premiseverb

To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

Premisenoun

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

Premisenoun

Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

Premisenoun

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.

Premisenoun

A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.

Premiseverb

To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

Premiseverb

To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.

Premiseverb

To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

Premisenoun

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;

Premiseverb

set forth beforehand, often as an explanation;

Premiseverb

furnish with a preface or introduction;

Premiseverb

take something as preexisting and given

Premise

A premise or premiss is a statement that an argument claims will induce or justify a conclusion. It is an assumption that something is true.