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/mˈɛsədʒ/ /mˈɛsɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Message n.

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. "Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee."

Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message.

Message shell. See Shell.

Message n. A messenger. (Obs.)

verb

Message v. t. To bear as a message. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Message'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Message" Quotes from Famous Books

... Monday—sent it in by Jake, you know. And told her to reply so I could get her answer to-day. The Boss let me off because I finished my work on the old line yesterday. So I came to town myself for the message." ...

— Polly and Eleanor • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

... strangely altered; much of his old stiffness of manner gone; and it was with genuine affection that he spoke of Branwell, and almost with despair that he touched on his increasing miseries. When Mr. Grundy's message had come, the poor, self-distraught sufferer had been lying ill in bed, apparently too weak to move; but the feverish restlessness which marked his latter years was too strong to resist the chance of excitement. He had insisted upon coming, so ...

— Emily Bront • A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

... "it is impossible to use the wireless, for one reason or another. In that case a message can be dropped by ...

— Kings, Queens And Pawns - An American Woman at the Front • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... this nameless organization, Michael Petrovitch spent two or three agreeable hours. And finally, at six o'clock—more than an hour after despatching a short message to Piotr, in Konnaia Square—Gregoriev, with Lodoroff, three other men, and Mesdames Nathalie, Anna, and Celestine, whose last names were as changeable as their complexions, set off, in four public ...

— The Genius • Margaret Horton Potter

... great earnestness. He was leader in a 'great battle against Pleasures and Desires'. He was 'the servant, the message-bearer, sent by Zeus', 'the Setter-Free of mankind' ...

— Five Stages of Greek Religion • Gilbert Murray

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