- Premise - Presumption - The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self;
the act of taking up or adopting. - The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing
without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. - The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition
assumed; a supposition. - The minor or second proposition in a categorical
syllogism. - The taking of a person up into heaven.