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Webster 1913 Edition
Message
Mes′sage
(?; 48)
, Noun.
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
.Mes′sage
,Verb.
T.
To bear as a message.
[Obs.]
Mes′sage
,Noun.
A messenger.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Message
MES'SAGE
,Noun.
1.
Any notice, word or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. We send a servant with a verbal or written message. The welcome message made, was soon received.
2.
An official written communication of facts or opinions sent by a chief magistrate to the two houses of a legislature or other deliberative body. Congress receives a message from the President of the United States at the opening of the session. The Governors of some of the states communicate to the legislature by message, others by address.3.
An official verbal communication from one branch of a legislature to the other.