Premiss

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of premise. alt-of, alternative

    "[…] 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."

  2. 2
    a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of premise. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    take something as preexisting and given wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
assumptionhypothesismemberpremisepremisepremise

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"[…] 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."

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