Noun: premiss pre-mis
- A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
"on the premiss that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play";
- premise, assumption
- Take something as preexisting and given
"We premissed our argument on the assumption of free will";
- premise
Derived forms: premissing, premissed, premisses
Type of: posit, postulate, presuppose, suppose
Encyclopedia: Premiss