Both Uses of
premise
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- On Ministry of Magic premises.†
Chpt 1 *
- At which all three of them stated categorically and untruthfully that Professor Grubbly-Plank, who had substituted for Hagrid a few times, was a dreadful teacher, with the result that by the time Hagrid waved them off the premises at dusk, he looked quite cheerful.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
-
(premise as in: the premise of the argument) something assumed to be true and upon which other things are based