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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Missile  \Mis"sile\,  a.  [L.  missils,  fr  mittere  missum,  to 
  cause  to  go  to  send  to  throw;  cf  Lith.  mesti  to  throw:  cf 
  F.  missile.  Cf  {Admit},  {Dismiss},  {Mass}  the  religious 
  service,  {Message},  {Mission}.] 
  Capable  of  being  thrown;  adapted  for  hurling  or  to  be 
  projected  from  the  hand,  or  from  any  instrument  or  rngine,  so 
  as  to  strike  an  object  at  a  distance. 
 
  We  bend  the  bow,  or  wing  the  missile  dart.  --Pope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Missile  \Mis"sile\,  n.  [L.  missile.] 
  A  weapon  thrown  or  projected  or  intended  to  be  projcted,  as  a 
  lance,  an  arrow,  or  a  bullet. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  missile 
  n  1:  a  rocket-propelled  vehicle  carrying  passengers  or 
  instruments  or  a  warhead 
  2:  a  body  that  is  thrown  or  projected  [syn:  {projectile}] 




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