What is "premising"

Premise \Pre*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Premised; p. pr. & vb. n. Premising.] [From L. praemissus, p. p., or E. premise, n. See Premise, n.]

1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. [Obs.]

   The premised flames of the last day.
   --Shak.

   If venesection and a cathartic be premised.
   --E. Darwin.

2. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.

   I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
   --Addison.

vb. (present participle of premise English)