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 Pre·mise v. t. [imp. & p. p. Premised p. pr. & vb. n. Premising.]
 1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. [Obs.]
    The premised flames of the last day.   --Shak.
    If venesection and a cathartic be premised.   --E. Darwin.
 2. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.
    I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.   --Addison.