mission

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Be not suspicious of my coming at this hour, for my mission is a strange one. "

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  1. noun A body of persons sent to conduct negotiations or establish relations with a foreign country.
  2. noun The business with which such a body of persons is charged.
  3. noun A permanent diplomatic office abroad.
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  1. French, from Old French, from Latin missiō, missiōn-, from missus, past participle of mittere, to send off.

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  1. from F. mission, a sending, a mission, Old French mission, expense, = Spanish mision = Portuguese missão = Italian missione = Dutch missie = G. Danish Sw, mission, a mission, from Latin missio(n-), a sending, sending away, despatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation, from mittere, send. The English words derived from the L. mittere are numerous, e. g. admit, amit, commit, compromit, demit, emit, intermit, omit, permit, pretermit, remit, submit, transmit, etc., mise, compromise, demise, dismiss, premise, premiss, promise, surmise, admission, commission, dismission, etc., commissary, emissary, promissory, etc., mass, etc., mess, message, messenger, missile, mission, missionary, missive, etc., with numerous secondary derivatives.
  2. from mission, n.
 

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