[f. as prec. + -ING2.]
† 1. Adverting, attending, attentive. Obs.
1603. Shaks., Meas. for M., V. i. 387. I was then Aduertysing, and holy to your businesse.
2. Issuing advertisements; giving public notice.
1807. Crabbe, Newspaper, 320. When lo! the advertising tribe succeed.
1882. Daily Tel., 6 Sept., 4/6. As a convenience to the Advertising Public, it has been thought desirable [etc.].
