MISSIVE
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Mis"sive (?), a. [See Missive, n.] 1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe.
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2. Missile. “The missive weapons fly.” Dryden.
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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.
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Mis"sive, n. [F. lettre missive. See Mission, n.] 1. That which is sent; a writing containing a message.
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2. One who is sent; a messenger. [Obs.] Shak.
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