premiss

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A form of premise — A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

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Meanings

nounpremiss (plural premisses)

plural premisses · alternative archaic præmise · alternative archaic præmiss

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of premise.

    […] that he might have no excuse for evading the test, the Franciscan declared himself willing to be a victim to this high logic, and to be burned for the sake of securing the necessary minor premiss.

    1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter XVII, page 173
verbpremiss (third-person singular simple present premisses, present participle premissing, simple past and past participle premissed)

present singular third person premisses · participle present premissing · participle past premissed · past premissed · alternative archaic præmise · alternative archaic præmiss

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of premise.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

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Broader
postulateposit

verbtake something as preexisting and given

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presupposesuppose
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assumptionmemberpremise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

impressPersismpermiss
Cite this entry
APA

premiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premiss

MLA

“premiss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premiss. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premiss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premiss.

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