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mis·sive (mis′iv)

noun

a letter or written message

Etymology: Fr (lettre) missive < ML missivus < L missus, pp. of mittere, to send: see mission

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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