Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe.
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.
That which is sent; a writing containing a message.
One who is sent; a messenger. [Obs.] Shak.
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