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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Missive  \Mis"sive\,  a.  [See  {Missive},  n.] 
  1.  Specially  sent;  intended  or  prepared  to  be  sent;  as  a 
  letter  missive.  --Ayliffe. 
 
  2.  Missile.  ``The  missive  weapons  fly.''  --Dryden. 
 
  {Letters  missive},  letters  conveying  the  permission,  comand, 
  or  advice  of  a  superior  authority,  as  a  sovereign.  They 
  are  addressed  and  sent  to  some  certain  person  or  persons, 
  and  are  distinguished  from  letters  patent,  which  are 
  addressed  to  the  public. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Missive  \Mis"sive\,  n.  [F.  lettre  missive.  See  {Mission},  n.] 
  1.  That  which  is  sent;  a  writing  containing  a  message. 
 
  2.  One  who  is  sent;  a  messenger.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  missive 
  n  :  a  written  message  addressed  to  a  person  or  organization; 
  "wrote  an  indignant  letter  to  the  editor"  [syn:  {letter}] 




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