Hypertext Webster Gateway: "message"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Message \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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Message \Mes"sage\, v. t.
To bear as a message. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Message \Mes"sage\, n. [OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL.
missaticus. See 1st {Message}.]
A messenger. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

message
n 1: a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or
signaled; "he sent a three-word message"
2: what a communication that is about something is about [syn:
{content}, {subject matter}, {substance}]


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