Mes"sage (?; 48), n. [F., fr. LL. missaticum, fr. L. mittere, missum, to send. See Mission, and cf. Messenger.]
1.
Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.
Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee.
Judg. iii. 20.
2.
Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message.
Message shell. See Shell.
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Mes"sage, v. t.
To bear as a message.
[Obs.]
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Mes"sage, n. [OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL. missaticus. See 1st Message.]
A messenger.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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