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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Message \Mes"sage\ (?; 48), n. [F., fr LL missaticum fr L. mittere missum, to send See {Mission}, and cf {Messenger}.] 1. Any notice, word or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. Ehud said I have a message from God unto thee. --Judg. iii. 20. 2. Hence specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as the President's message. {Message shell}. See {Shell}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Message \Mes"sage\, v. t. To bear as a message. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Message \Mes"sage\, n. [OE., fr OF message, fr LL missaticus See 1st {Message}.] A messenger. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: message n 1: a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message" 2: what a communication that is about something is about [syn: {content}, {subject matter}, {substance}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: message In {object-oriented programming} sending a message to an {object} (to invoke a {method}) is equivalent to calling a {procedure} in traditional programming languages, except that the actual code executed may only be selected at run-time depending on the {class} of the object. Thus in response to the message "drawSelf", the method code invoked would be different if the target object were a circle or a square. (1995-02-16)
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