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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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" [syn:
            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" [syn: precede,
          preface, premise, introduce]
       3: take something as preexisting and given [syn: premise,
          premiss]