MESSAGING

messaging, electronic messaging

(noun) the sending and processing of e-mail by computer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

messaging

present participle of message

Noun

messaging (usually uncountable, plural messagings)

The transmission of messages.

Excited by all kinds of messagings, informings and insinuations, the imperious Prince, in spite of his secret pleasure in this sudden renown of his Pupil, could in no wise be persuaded to revoke or soften his harsh Order […]

Source: Wiktionary


MESSAGE

Mes"sage (; 48), n. Etym: [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.

Definition: To bear as a message. [Obs.]

Mes"sage, n. Etym: [OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL. missaticus. See 1st Message.]

Definition: A messenger. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PARASITISM

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