Definitions
1.verbTo state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
2.verbTo make a premise.
3.verbTo set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
4.verbTo send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
5.adjectiveHaving a (specified) premise