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Pronunciation : Ad*ver"tise*ment
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F.avertisement, formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving notice, fr. avertir.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913