Associations to the word «Premiss»

Wiktionary

PREMISS, noun. Alternative spelling of premise

Dictionary definition

PREMISS, noun. A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play".
PREMISS, verb. Take something as preexisting and given.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King