'Missive' definitions:
Definition of 'missive'
(from WordNet)
noun
A written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" [syn: letter, missive]
Definition of 'Missive'
From: GCIDE
- Missive \Mis"sive\, a. [See Missive, n.]
- 1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Missile. "The missive weapons fly." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Missive'
From: GCIDE
- Missive \Mis"sive\, n. [F. lettre missive. See Mission, n.]
- 1. That which is sent; a writing containing a message. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who is sent; a messenger. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]