See missive on Wiktionary
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"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "послание"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "missiva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "missive"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sendschreiben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schrieb"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schreiben"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epistolí",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "επιστολή"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "simeíoma",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σημείωμα"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "langt og virðulegt bréf"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "langur og virðulegur pistill"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "missiva"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "epistola"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "litterae"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a written message",
"word": "pismo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a written message",
"word": "list"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "posłanie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "missiva"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslánije",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "посла́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "misiva"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poslánnja",
"sense": "a written message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "посла́ння"
}
],
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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"name": "bor"
}
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{
"text": "a letter missive"
},
{
"ref": "1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:",
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],
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"English terms with quotations"
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{
"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 564:",
"text": "In vain with Darts a diſtant War they try, / Short, and more ſhort the miſſive weapons fly.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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[
"missile",
"missile"
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],
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"not-comparable",
"obsolete"
]
}
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"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
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}
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},
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],
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"Pages with entries"
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"missive"
],
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"missiva",
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]
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