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Ad-ver′tise-ment

(ăd-vẽr′tĭz-ment or ădˊvẽr-tīz′ment; 277)
,
Noun.
[F.
avertisement
, formerly also spelled
advertissement
, a warning, giving notice, fr.
avertir
.]
1.
The act of informing or notifying; notification.
[Archaic]
An
advertisement
of danger.
Bp. Burnet.
2.
Admonition; advice; warning.
[Obs.]
Therefore give me no counsel:
My griefs cry louder than
advertisement
.
Shakespeare
3.
A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises;
as, a newspaper containing many
advertisements
.

Webster 1828 Edition

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ADVER'TISEMENT

,
Noun.
Information; admonition, notice given. More generally, a publication intended to give notice; this may be, by a short account printed in a newspaper, or by a written account posted, or otherwise made public.

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