English Dictionary

missive

/ˈmɪsɪv/

noun

(formal) A written message; a letter, note or memo. / (in the plural, Scotland, law) Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it.

I received a missive from my long-lost friend.

意味（1）

(formal) A written message; a letter, note or memo.

[Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience.

意味（2）

(in the plural, Scotland, law) Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it.

意味（3）

(obsolete) One who is sent; a messenger.

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.’