Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Advertisement

Advertisement (ad*vẽr"tiz*ment or ad`vẽr*tīz"ment; 277) , noun

[French avertisement, formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving notice, from avertir.]

1.
The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic]
An advertisement of danger. — Bp. Burnet
2.
Admonition; advice; warning. [Obsolete]
Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement. — Shakespeare
3.
A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.