Definition of Missive. Meaning of Missive. Synonyms of Missive

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Definition of Missive

Missive
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.
Missive
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.

Meaning of Missive from wikipedia

- A letter is a written message conve**** from one person (or group of people) to another through a medium. Something epistolary means that it is a form of...
- The missives of sale, in Scots property law, are a series of formal letters between the two parties, the Buyer and the Seller, containing the contract...
- staunch QAnon follower who retweeted dozens of conspiracy-theory-laden missives originally posted by Georgia attorney L. Lin Wood. Zadrozny, Brandy; Gains...
- John Greenleaf Whittier, The King's Missive, and other poems (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston 1881), 'The King's Missive. 1661' at pp. 9-17. Read here. Christian...
- Bowers 2007, pp. 143–147. de Bruxelles, Simon (17 May 2023). "Another Fine Missive: Stan Laurel's Letters on Sale". The Times. Martin, Amy-Clare (27 February...
- together with a special "machine" that was used to carry King Narai's missive to the French monarch caused much comment in French high society. The machine...
- Iranian Subjects. Dinshah J. Irani Memorial Fund Committee. The Shah's missive is reproduced in Sir Jehangir C. Coyajee, "A brief Life-Sketch of the Late...
- period and the minds of the two revolutionary leaders and presidents. The missives lasted fourteen years, and consisted of 158 letters – 109 from Adams and...
- maintained "it is highly unlikely that an artillery officer could write this missive". On 9 March 1905, Attorney-General Baudouin delivered an 800-page report...
- engage in beneficial community services, and to marry. The first of these missives was written in 1863 in Constantinople to Sultan ʻAbdu’l-ʻAzíz, upon receipt...