<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also premiss.</li><li>Logic. A proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.</li><li>Synonyms: postulate, assumption.</li><li>Premises, a tract of land including its buildings.</li><li>A building together with its grounds or other appurtenances.</li><li>The property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest.</li><li>Law. A basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds.</li><li>An earlier statement in a document.</li><li>(In a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) premised, premising.</li><li>To set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation.</li><li>To assume, either explicitly or implicitly, (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion.</li><li>Synonyms: hypothesize, postulate.</li><li>(Used without object) premised, premising.</li><li>To state or assume a premise.</li></ul>