Missive
21Missive — Mis|siv, das; s, e, Mis|si|ve, die; , n [frz. (lettre) missive = schriftliche Mitteilung < lat. missus, 2. Part. von: mittere, ↑Mission] (veraltet): 1. Sendschreiben, Botschaft. 2. verschließbare Aktentasche …
22missive — noun 1》 formal or humorous a letter. 2》 Scots Law a document in the form of a letter interchanged by the parties to a contract. Phrases conclude missives Scots Law sign a contract with the vendor of a property or piece of land to signify change… …
23missive — noun (C) humorous a letter: An anonymous missive had been pushed under her door …
24missive — noun take this missive to Lieutenant Baxter Syn: message, communication, letter, word, note, e mail, memorandum, line, communiqué, dispatch, news; informal memo; formal epistle; literary tidings …
25missive — mis•sive [[t]ˈmɪs ɪv[/t]] n. a written message; letter • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME (letter) missive < ML (littera) missīva sent (letter) …
26missive — n. 1 joc. a letter, esp. a long and serious one. 2 an official letter. Phrases and idioms: letter (or letters) missive a letter from a sovereign to a dean and chapter nominating a person to be elected bishop. Etymology: ME f. med.L missivus f. L… …
27missive — noun /ˈmɪsɪv/ A written message; a letter, note or memo. The Madonna letters, which are interspersed with more personal missives in this curious epistolary memoir, accumulate into a rap about the downsides of celebrity the problems of ageing, of… …
28missive — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. word, note, message; see letter 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. letter, message, note, dispatch, communication, memo, report, word, bulletin, *fax. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A written communication directed to… …
29missive — mis|sive [ mısıv ] noun count OFTEN HUMOROUS a letter, especially a long or important one …
30missive — mis·sive || mɪsɪv n. written message; letter …
