Ad-vēr'tise-ment or Ād/ver-tīse'ment, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. advertissement, avertissement.]
Sense 1. The act of informing or notifying, or making known. “An advertisement of danger.” Bp. Burnet.
Sense 2. Moral admonition. [Rare.] “My griefs cry louder than advertisement,” [i. e., than to admit of being admonished.] Shak.
Sense 3. A publication intended to give notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.