Definition of Misive
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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