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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky