verb
- present participle of premise; stating or assuming something as a basis for reasoning or argument
Usage: formal
Examples
- Premising that all students want to succeed, the teacher designed an encouraging curriculum.
- The lawyer began by premising that her client was innocent.
- Premising the importance of education, the mayor increased school funding.
- The philosopher was premising several key assumptions before making his argument.
- Premising that technology improves lives, the company invested heavily in research.
- The debate started with each side premising different fundamental beliefs.