premises
C1
noun
verb
Freq #7480
Meanings
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1
noun
land and the buildings on it
bread is baked on the premises
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2
noun
Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
The caretaker lives on the premises.
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3
noun
The vagina.
[…] ſhe charges her to put him to it as a virgin ought to do; and farther, that as ſoon as he entered the premiſes, with fome feigned reluctancy on her part, muſt fall into a fainting ſhriek, as if ſhe had fallen into a cold water in a hot fit.
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4
noun
plural of premise
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5
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of premise
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6
noun
The subject of a conveyance or deed.
Etymology
See premise