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plural of premise
as in yard
the area around and belonging to a building detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance

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verb

present tense third-person singular of premise
as in assumes
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof let us premise certain things, such as every person's need for love, before beginning our line of reasoning

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“Premises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premises. Accessed 30 Nov. 2022.

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