premising
- 1Present participle and gerund of premise.
Premising her argument on outdated figures, she still drew a confident conclusion.
The lawyer kept premising each objection on the same procedural rule.
Note
The -ing form carries every use of premise, and the verb has more than the logician's one. Besides laying something down as the basis of an argument, as in premising a claim on a figure, it can mean stating something beforehand by way of introduction. A speaker premising a few remarks is clearing the ground before the main subject. The silent e of premise drops before -ing, as in rising or using.
premising is a form of premise
premise, verb: To state or assume something as a proposition forming the basis of an argument. Full entry
- Spelling
- premise → premising: drop the e, add -ing
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