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Word Meanings - MISSIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe. 2. Missile. "The missive weapons fly." Dryden. Letters missive, letters conveying the permission, comand, or advice of a superior authority, as a sovereign. They

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1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe. 2. Missile. "The missive weapons fly." Dryden. 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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  • TITLELESS
    Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
  • DIPLOMATIC
    A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.
  • TITLED
    Having or bearing a title.
  • TITLER
    A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
  • CREDENTIAL
    Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. Their credential letters on both sides. Camden.
  • NOTICE
    1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts. 2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge
  • DIPLOMAT; DIPLOMATE
    A diplomatist.
  • MESSAGE STICK
    A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information.
  • LETTERER
    One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.
  • WARRANTOR
    One who warrants.
  • LETTERURE
    Letters; literature. "To teach him letterure and courtesy." Chaucer.
  • TESTAMENTAL
    Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary. Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery.
  • DIPLOMATIC; DIPLOMATICAL
    1. Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body. 2. Characterized by tact and shrewdness; dexterous; artful; as, diplomatic management. 3. Pertaining to diplomatics; paleographic. Astle.
  • DIPLOMATICALLY
    According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.
  • LETTER
    One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
  • TITLE-PAGE
    The page of a book which contains it title. The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.
  • COMMUNICATION
    A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you. Beattie. Syn. -- Correspondence; conference; intercourse. (more info) 1. The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of
  • LETTERN
    See LECTURN
  • MESSAGER
    A messenger.
  • WARRANTISE
    Authority; security; warranty. Shak.
  • UNWARRANTABLE
    Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv.
  • DISMISSIVE
    Giving dismission.
  • BLACK LETTER
    The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
  • INTERCOMMUNICATION
    Mutual communication. Owen.
  • REMISSIVE
    Remitting; forgiving; abating. Bp. Hacket.
  • UNTITLED
    1. Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction. Spenser. 2. Being without title or right; not entitled. Shak.
  • CATCH TITLE
    A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
  • PERMISSIVE
    1. Permitting; granting leave or liberty. "By his permissive will." Milton. 2. Permitted; tolerated; suffered. Milton.

 

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