premiss
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
premiss (plural premisses)
- Alternative spelling of premise
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter XVII, page 173
- […] 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.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter XVII, page 173
Verb[edit]
premiss (third-person singular simple present premisses, present participle premissing, simple past and past participle premissed)
- Alternative spelling of premise
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
premiss m or n (definite singular premissen or premisset, indefinite plural premisser or premiss, definite plural premissene or premissa)
- a premise
References[edit]
- “premiss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin praemissa, from praemittere.
Noun[edit]
premiss m (definite singular premissen, indefinite plural premissar, definite plural premissane)
- a premise
References[edit]
- “premiss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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