mid-15c., "commandment," noun use of adjective (mid-15c.) meaning "sent by superior authority," from Medieval Latin missivus "for sending, sent," especially in littera missiva "letters sent," from Latin missus, past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission).
例文
1. Weinstock 's missive announced the abolition of all internal committees.
ウィンストークは手紙の中ですべての内部委員会の解散を宣言した。
2.The missive remains unwritten and unsent.
この公文書は書かれていないし、送信されていません。
3. Missive .You send a one-way telepathic message to subject.
心のショートメッセージ:目標に一方向の心のショートメッセージを送る。
4.Sure,sometimes it 's perfectly acceptable to shoot off a short,all lowercase missive to a colleague.