All 11 Uses of
premise
in
David Copperfield
- Almost the first remarkable thing I observed in Miss Murdstone was, her being constantly haunted by a suspicion that the servants had a man secreted somewhere on the premises.†
Chpt 4-6
- The advertisement directed us to apply to Mrs. Crupp on the premises, and we rung the area bell, which we supposed to communicate with Mrs. Crupp.†
Chpt 22-24
- 'No, indeed,' said I. In short, my aunt, seeing how enraptured I was with the premises, took them for a month, with leave to remain for twelve months when that time was out.†
Chpt 22-24
- If it had lasted any longer, I think I must have gone down on my knees on the gravel, with the probability before me of grazing them, and of being presently ejected from the premises besides.†
Chpt 25-27
- That individual is in legal possession of the premises, under a distress for rent.†
Chpt 28-30 *
- 'After premising thus much, it would be a work of supererogation to add, that dust and ashes are for ever scattered 'On 'The 'Head 'Of 'WILKINS MICAWBER.'†
Chpt 28-30 *
- Kidnappers and inveiglers were planted in all the avenues of entrance to the Commons, with instructions to do their utmost to cut off all persons in mourning, and all gentlemen with anything bashful in their appearance, and entice them to the offices in which their respective employers were interested; which instructions were so well observed, that I myself, before I was known by sight, was twice hustled into the premises of our principal opponent.†
Chpt 37-39
- I was glad to infer, from these slight premises, that Mr. Micawber was doing well; and consequently was much surprised to receive, about this time, the following letter from his amiable wife.†
Chpt 40-42
- His shell-jacket was as much too little for him as he was too big for the premises.†
Chpt 43-45
- A little while afterwards, he broke out in an entirely new direction, and confessed to a knowledge of burglarious intentions as to our premises, on the part of the pot-boy, who was immediately taken up.†
Chpt 46-48
- Allow me to say that I fully defer to the reasonable character of that inquiry, and proceed to develop it; premising that it is not an object of a pecuniary nature.†
Chpt 49-51
Definitions:
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(premise as in: she premised her comments by...) provide a preface or introduction
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(premise as in: the premise of the argument) something assumed to be true and upon which other things are based