Premise

pre-miz', v. [-mised (-nrizd'), -mising.] To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to lay down premises, on which rest subsequent reasonings.— v. To make or state antecedent propositions. [Fr. the n.] — Prem'ise, -i88, n. -ises, -is-ez. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved. {Logic.) Each of the 2 propositions of a syllogism, from which the inference or conclusion drawn, pi. (Law.) The land or thing demised or granted by deed,— hence applied to a building and its adjuncts. [OF. premi e, L. prsemi a (sententia), a premise, thing sent or put before, ix.prse and mittere, mi ion, to send: in law sense, premises = things mentioned before, aforesaid, as used in leases.]