Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A written message; a letter. synonym: letter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sent or proceeding, as from some authoritative or official source.
- Thrown or hurled; missile.
- noun That which is sent; specifically, a written message; a letter; especially, in Scots law, a letter interchanged between parties, in which the one party offers to enter into a contract on certain conditions, and the other party accepts the offer, completing the contract.
- noun A person sent; a messenger.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is sent; a writing containing a message.
- noun obsolete One who is sent; a messenger.
- adjective Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent.
- adjective Missile.
- adjective 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun formal A
written message ; aletter ,note ormemo . - noun obsolete One who is sent; a
messenger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a written message addressed to a person or organization
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We can do the Moon with that amount of money and our missive is at least one way to do that.
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But even the most finely crafted missive is only as effective as its subject lines -- the teaser (50 characters or less) that convinces a recipient to open the message in the first place.
How To Write A Compelling E-Mail Subject Line Kern Lewis 2010
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But even the most finely crafted missive is only as effective as its subject lines -- the teaser (50 characters or less) that convinces a recipient to open the message in the first place.
How To Write A Compelling E-Mail Subject Line Kern Lewis 2010
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Therefore the purpose of this missive is to look at where many in society see our future going, and to show where space either supports the positive aspects or negates the negative ones.
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But even the most finely crafted missive is only as effective as its subject lines -- the teaser (50 characters or less) that convinces a recipient to open the message in the first place.
How To Write A Compelling E-Mail Subject Line Kern Lewis 2010
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Therefore the purpose of this missive is to look at where many in society see our future going, and to show where space either supports the positive aspects or negates the negative ones.
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But voters also need to know the context in which the donation was given, and today's missive from the Clinton campaign doesn't even really try.
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The folks at Holy Moly received a missive from the law offices of Elliot J. Abelson.
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Once again, another dismissive missive from the Clinton campaign.
Clinton advisor blames strategy disagreements, money for loss 2008
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I have just received a missive from the delightful Simmone Howell telling me that Scatterheart has been sighted in the wild!
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sweetzingiber commented on the word missive
a written note or letter
August 1, 2009