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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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