missive
NounUS[mis-iv]/ˈmɪsɪv/2 syllables
Synonyms:
letter
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a written message addressed to a person or organization“mailed an indignant letter to the editor”Synonyms: letterType of text, documentKinds invitation, business letter, crank letter, covering letter, airmail letter, encyclical, dead letter, epistle, form letter, personal letter +7 morePart of mail, correspondenceParts line, postscript, address
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mis′sive adjective
Origin: See Missive, noun
1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. John Ayliffe
2. Missile. “The missive weapons fly.” John 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 noun
Origin: F. lettre missive. See Mission, noun
1. That which is sent; a writing containing a message.
2. One who is sent; a messenger. obsolete William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54