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Premise vs Premie - What's the difference?

premise | premie |

As nouns the difference between premise and premie

is that premise is a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition while premie is premier (prime minister).

As a verb premise

is to state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.

premise

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic), premiss

Noun

(en noun)
  • A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • The premises observed, / Thy will by my performance shall be served.
  • (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
  • * Dr. H. More
    • While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion.
  • (usually, in the plural, legal) 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.
  • (usually, in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).
  • * , chapter=19
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises , accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}

    Coordinate terms

    * conclusion

    Derived terms

    * major premise * minor premise

    Verb

    (premis)
  • 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.
  • * Addison
    • I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
  • To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the premised flames of the last day
  • * E. Darwin
    • if venesection and a cathartic be premised

    References

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    Anagrams

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    premie

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 2013 , Karin Cadwell, ?Cindy Turner-Maffei, Pocket Guide for Lactation Management
    • The mother can use massage/compression to increase the flow of milk, which will stimulate the baby to nurse actively again. This works especially well with premies , babies with Down syndrome, and other babies who are weak.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A follower of the controversial spiritual leader (born 1957).
  • * 1974 , H W Wilson Company, Current biography
    • As telescoped conversationally by American premies , Guru Maharaj Ji's name is pronounced...
  • * 1977 , Carroll Stoner, Jo Anne Parke, All gods' children: the cult experience—salvation or slavery?
    • Armed with the knowledge of his own private God, a premie should be able, according to the guru, to handle any situation with maturity
  • * 2004 , Bob Larson, Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality
    • One premie described the sound as "loud rock and roll,"
  • * 2008 , Phil Polizatto, Hunga Dung: A True Novel
    • All three premies sported close-cropped haircuts and wore sports jackets.

    Anagrams

    * * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • a prize
  • a premium

    • References

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