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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

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/(ăd*vẽr"tĭz*ment [or] ăd`vẽr*tīz"ment; 277)/ · Ad·ver·tise·ment · IPA /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/
01 n. The act of informing or notifying; notification.
  1. 1.
    The act of informing or notifying; notification.[Archaic]
    “An advertisement of danger.” Bp. Burnet.
  2. 2.
    Admonition; advice; warning.[Obs.]
    “Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement.” Shak.
  3. 3.
    A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.