Definition of "premising" []

• Present participle of premise. (verb)

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• "By premising its concept of "world" (or an all-encompassing framework by some other name) on an originary act of reflexive self-possession, Cartesian epistemology and the political philosophy of classical liberalism revolve a model of agency constituted ex negativo — that is, defined by the alleged absence of any inner pre-determination."
• "You cannot create a successful education system by premising it upon dumbing the school down."
• "If I was premising my argument on inaccurate data, then I certainly am wrong."