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mes⋅sag⋅ing

  [mes-uh-jing]
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–noun
a system or process of transmitting messages, esp. electronically, by computer, telephone, television cable, etc.
Origin:
message + -ing 1
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mes·sage   (měs'ĭj)   
n.  
    1. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another.
    2. The substance of such a communication; the point or points conveyed: gestured to a waiter, who got the message and brought the bill.
  2. A statement made or read before a gathering: a retiring coach's farewell message.
  3. A basic thesis or lesson; a moral: a play with a message.
v.   tr. mes·saged, mes·sag·ing, mes·sag·es
  1. To send a message to.
  2. To send as a message: messaged the report by cable.
v.   intr.
To send a message; communicate.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin missāticum, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere, to send.]
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