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English → English (gcide) Definition: Letters missive Missive \Mis"sive\, a. [See Missive, n.] 1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] 2. Missile. “The missive weapons fly.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]