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   Missive (?), a. [See Missive, n.]
   1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, “a letter missive”.  Ayliffe.
   
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   2. Missile. “The missive weapons fly.”  Dryden.
   
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   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.
   
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   Missive, n. [F. lettre missive. See Mission, n.]
   1. That which is sent; a writing containing a message.
   
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   2. One who is sent; a messenger. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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