missive Definition
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
missive Synonyms
missive Usage Examples
Preposition: from
reader: The granting of a charter of incorporation has resulted in this missive from a reader.
Converse of object
- conclude: The claimants concluded missives for the new premises in December 1993.
- send: Sending lonely missives to a center where they will hardly be received, let alone understood.
- write: It is Christmas Eve and I am in my study writing this final missive before starting Christmas with my family.
- read: No-one is suggesting that you neglect women in order to read the latest missive from the Department of Health.
- include: In Scotland a lease includes missives of let that are not to be completed by the grant of a new lease.
- complete: Candidates must be able to handle their own caseload from start to finish including noting title and completing missives.
Adjective modifier
- late: Anyway, here's their latest missive... A city on the move: Bring back bus conductors.
- last: The woes I recounted to you in my last missive have been soothed by a letter from the Lady Marion.
- little: Quite why he felt unable to openly declare this interest in his little missive I would not presume to speculate.
- standard: Are the existing standard Missives for sublets which provide a right to compensation for a sub-tenant a disincentive to sub-letting?
- regular: At one point we got regular missives from the TV licensing heavy mob.
- recent: John Meredith FRICS has some interesting insights into the recent missive from the Council of Mortgage Lenders to surveyors.
Noun used with modifier
style: Just sending out Oxbridge style missives, that seem, at best, condescending, and at worse, attacking.
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