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English to English noun
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a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |  | Example: on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
source: wordnet30
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A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. | | source: webster1913 verb
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set forth beforehand, often as an explanation | | Example: He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand
source: wordnet30
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furnish with a preface or introduction | | Example: She always precedes her lectures with a joke
He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
source: wordnet30
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take something as preexisting and given | | source: wordnet30
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To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. | | source: webster1913
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To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. | | source: webster1913
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