Associations to the word «Premiss»

Wiktionary

PREMISS, noun. Alternative spelling of premise

Dictionary definition

PREMISS, noun. 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".
PREMISS, verb. Take something as preexisting and given.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats