1. (

• premises

) land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises" ;

1. (

• premise

) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand" ;

2. (

• precede ,
• preface ,
• premise ,
• introduce ,

) furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" ;

3. (

• premise ,
• premiss

) take something as preexisting and given ;