premiss

Alternative forms

• præmise (archaic or pedantic)
• præmiss (archaic)

Noun

premiss (plural premisses)

1. 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.

Verb

premiss (third-person singular simple present premisses, present participle premissing, simple past and past participle premissed)

1. Alternative spelling of premise

Anagrams

• Persism, impress, mispers, permiss, simpers

Etymology

From Latin praemissa

Noun

premiss m (definite singular premissen, indefinite plural premisser, definite plural premissene)

premiss n (definite singular premisset, indefinite plural premiss or premisser, definite plural premissa or premissene)

1. a premise

References

• “premiss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin praemissa, from praemittere

Noun

premiss m (definite singular premissen, indefinite plural premissar, definite plural premissane)

1. a premise

References

• “premiss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.