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To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic] I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14.

The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet.

Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.

To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk. To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [Obs.] Bid thy master well advise himself. Shak.

Counsel; advise; information. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.

A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

s, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aërial. Viewless forms the æolian organ play. Campbell. Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

ir, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents. "Aërial spirits." Milton. "Aërial voyages." Darwin.

The act of becoming aërified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aëriform state; the state of being aëriform.

To change into an aëriform state.

The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.

live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat.

The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an aëriform fluid, including aërodynamics and aërostatics.

A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat.

settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.…

Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Sir G. C. Lewis.

In time past; formerly. "He prayed . . . as he did aforetime." Dan. vi. 10.