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pr. & vb. n.
Messing.] To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess;
to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom
officers. Marryat.

Mess, v. t. To supply with a
mess.

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.

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

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

Mes"sa*ger (?), n.

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