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premise

('pr/E/m/I/s )

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn(noun.communication)

Synonym:
assumption, premiss

source: wordnet30
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.(noun)

source: webster1913

set forth beforehand, often as an explanation(verb.communication)

Example:
He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand.

source: wordnet30
furnish with a preface or introduction(verb.communication)

Synonym:
introduce, precede, preface

source: wordnet30
take something as preexisting and given(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
premiss

source: wordnet30
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.(verb)

source: webster1913

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