From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
15th century; from [en], from [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A written message ; a letter , note or memo .
2. * [act=II]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [71]
6. [en] Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accept s it.
7. [en] One who is sent; a messenger .
8. * [text=Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it came MISSIVES from the King, who all hailed me ‘Thane of Cawdor,’ by which title these Weird Sisters saluted me and referred me to the coming on of time with ‘Hail king that shalt be.’]
**** Translations
[a written message]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Adjective
[-]
1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent.
2. * [passage=Delivery of the Letters MISSIVE]
3. [en] Serving as a missile ; intended to be thrown.
4. * [chapter=Cymon and Iphigenia]
**** Derived terms
- letter missive
**** Related terms
- See mission for terms etymologically related to _send_
*** References
- [R:Online Etymology Dictionary]
[en]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Italian
*** Noun
[it]
1. [it]