Advertisement \Ad*ver"tise*ment\ ([a^]d*v[~e]r"t[i^]z*ment or [a^]d`v[~e]r*t[imac]z"ment; 277), n. [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. --Shak.

3. A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)