Mes"sage , n. [OE., fr.
OF. message, fr. LL.
missaticus. See 1st Message.]
A messenger. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mes"sage , v. t. To bear as a message. [Obs.]
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.
Hear it pronounced