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premise 音標拼音: [pr'ɛmɪs] n. 前提,房屋
vt. 提論,預述,假定
vi. 作出前提 前提,房屋提論,預述,假定作出前提 premise( 機房 )備用設備 premise n 1: 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" [ synonym: { premise}, { premiss}, { assumption}] v 1: set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; " He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand" 2: 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" [ synonym: { precede}, { preface}, { premise}, { introduce}] 3: take something as preexisting and given [ synonym: { premise}, { premiss}] Premise \ Prem" ise\, n.; pl. { Premises}. [ Written also, less properly, { premiss}.] [ F. pr[' e] misse, fr. L. praemissus, p. p. of praemittere to send before; prae before mittere to send. See { Mission}.] 1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. [ 1913 Webster] The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. [ 1913 Webster] Note: " All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner." [ 1913 Webster] These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment. [ 1913 Webster] While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. -- Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster] 3. pl. ( Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another' s premises. [ 1913 Webster]
Premise \ Pre* mise"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Premised}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Premising}.] [ From L. praemissus, p. p., or E. premise, n. See { Premise}, n.] 1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The premised flames of the last day. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] If venesection and a cathartic be premised. -- E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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. [ 1913 Webster] I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster]
Premise \ Pre* mise"\, v. i. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 119 Moby Thesaurus words for " premise": a priori principle, affirmation, ancestor, antecedent, apriorism, argue, assert, assertion, assume, assumed position, assumption, avant- propos, axiom, basis, basis for belief, body of evidence, breakthrough, categorical proposition, chain of evidence, clue, conjecture, data, datum, documentation, evidence, exhibit, exordium, fact, facts, first principles, forerunner, foreword, foundation, front matter, frontispiece, ground, grounds, grounds for belief, guesswork, hypothecate, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, hypothesize, indication, inference, innovation, introduce, introduction, item of evidence, leap, lemma, major premise, manifestation, mark, material grounds, minor premise, muniments, mute witness, overture, philosopheme, philosophical proposition, piece of evidence, posit, position, postulate, postulation, postulatum, preamble, precedent, precursor, predicate, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminary, prelude, premises, premiss, presume, presumption, presupposal, presuppose, presupposition, proem, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologize, prologue, proof, proposal, propose, proposition, propositional function, protasis, put forth, reason to believe, relevant fact, set forth, set of postulates, sign, statement, sumption, supposal, suppose, supposing, supposition, surmise, symptom, theorem, theorize, thesis, token, truth table, truth- function, truth- value, verse, voluntary, working hypothesis
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