premise – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to premise
Participle: premised
Gerund: premising

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	premise
we	Let's premise
you	premise

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

postulate

theorize, preface, assert, assume, suppose, presuppose, hypothesize

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1374, in logic, "a previous proposition from which another follows," from O.Fr. premisse, from M.L. premissa (propositio) "(the proposition) set before," fem. pp. of L. præmittere "send or put before," from præ- "before" + mittere "to send" (see mission). In legal documents it meant "matter previously stated" (1429), which in deeds or wills often was a house or building, hence extended meaning of "house or building, with grounds" (1730). The verb meaning "to state before something else" is from 1526.
2. From Middle English premise, premisse, from Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin premissa (“set before”) (premissa propositio (“the proposition set before”)), feminine past participle of Latin praemittere (“to send or put before”), from prae- (“before”) + mittere (“to send”).
3. Sense 4, a piece of real estate arose from the misinterpretation of the word by property owners while reading title deeds where the word was used with the legal sense. See: Latin 'praemitto'.

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