premise
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lähtökohta, edellytys, premissi
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premise englanniksi
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
(RQ:Shakespeare All's Well)
Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
{{RQ:Allestree Decay
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.
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(quote-journal)
(RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)
(Anchor) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
(quote-web)
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
To make a premise.
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
(RQ:Spectator)
(quote-book)
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2)
1794–1796, (w), ''Zoonomia''
- if venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic
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