PREMISE (2)

Pre‐mise″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Premised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Premising.] [[From L. praemissus, p. p., or E. premise, n. See Premise, n.]] 1. 1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
The premised flames of the last day. Shak. If venesection and a cathartic be premised. E. Darwin. 2. 2. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.
I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. Addison.