† adˈviso Obs.
Pl. -oes.
[ad. Sp. aviso advice, intelligence; also, an advice-boat:—late L. advīsum: see advice, under the influence of which, and the cognate Eng. words, adviso became common in Eng., though aviso (q.v.) was also used, and is now the only form (in sense 3).]
1. Information, intelligence; an official notification, dispatch, or ‘advice.’ Obs. (Sense retained in advice 8.)
| 1594 Carew Tasso's Godfr. Bvlloigne (1881) 119 William..This fresh aduiso sendeth you by mee. 1622 F. Markham Dec. Warre iii. ix. §4. 114 By the imployment of Spies, by Traytors or by some other advisoes. |
2. pompously, An advice, counsel, suggestion.
| 1591 Raleigh Fight of Revenge 15 Slandrous Pamphlets, aduisoes and Letters. 1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §19 Who forgetting the honest advisoes of Faith, have listened unto the conspiracy of Passion and Reason. 1676 in Phil. Trans. XI. 573 Our modern [writers] have been free of their Adviso's to prompt the studious. |
3. (Also caraval of adviso.) A dispatch or advice-boat; in which sense the word survives in the form aviso.
| 1624 Capt. Smith Virginia v. 179 The aduenturers sent them an aduiso with thirtie Passengers. 1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. State ii. xxi. 138 The King of Spain knew of it, and sent a Caravall of adviso to the West Indies. 1650 R. Stapylton Strada's Low Countrey Warres vi. 8 Who dispatched back his Adviso with more then ordinary speed. |