Ad*ver"tise*ment [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 advertisement.
© Webster 1913.