Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Message

Message (?; 48) , noun

[French, from Late Latin missaticum, from Latin mittere, missum, to send. See Mission, and compare 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.
Collocations (1)
Message shell , See Shell.

Message , transitive verb

To bear as a message. [Obsolete]

Message , noun

[Old English, from Old French message, from Late Latin missaticus. See 1st Message.]

A messenger. [Obsolete] — Chaucer