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(noun) assumption, premiss
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
(verb) premiss
take something as preexisting and given
(verb) precede, preface, introduce
furnish with a preface or introduction
She always precedes her lectures with a joke; He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution