premisaln.
/prᵻˈmʌɪzl/, U.S. /prəˈmaɪz(ə)l/, /priˈmaɪz(ə)l/ Now rare.
The making of a prefatory or introductory statement; the stating of something as a premise; (also) an instance of this, a stated premise.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > introductory speech or part of speech > making introductory statement
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a1651 N. Culverwell Mount Ebal in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 90 Here by way of premisall; 1. It must be in a lawful and warrantable way.
1668 J. Glanvill Plus Ultra Pref. By which Premisals, You may perhaps think, that I am drawing up a Charge against my own Discourse.
1701 T. Beverley Praise of Glory 22 To this Premisal of the Efficient Cause from Eternity; and the Final Cause to Eternity;..I would add the Consideration of our Being placed into Christ.
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. Pref. 10 Whether a conclusion may not immediately follow upon the premisal of one single proposition.
1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 75/1 Ethics may not be divided from psychology and theodicy, any more than from deductive logic. With the proper premisals then from the one and the other here assumed, we say that the Creator could not have given man a fixed nature, as He has, without willing man to work out the purpose for which that nature is framed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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