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missive 音标拼音: [m'ɪsɪv] n. 公文,书信
a. 送出的 公文,书信送出的 missive n 1: a written message addressed to a person or organization; " mailed an indignant letter to the editor" [ synonym: { letter}, { missive}] 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]
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]
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