| Missive | 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 ]
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