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Minor premiss

noun
1.
The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion).  Synonyms: minor premise, subsumption.





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"Minor premiss" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Forward! in God's name; I own no lesser law, no narrower claim. A freeman's Reason well might think it scorn To toil for those who may be never born, But for some Cause not wholly out of ken, Some all-directing Will that works with men, Some Universal under which may fall The minor premiss of our effort small; In Whose unending purpose, though we cease, We find our ...
— Poems: New and Old • Henry Newbolt


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