noticen.
/ˈnəʊtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnoʊdəs/ I. The act of imparting information, and related senses.† 8. A notion or idea. Obsolete.
1. † b. to take notice to (a person): to point out to, mention specially to, inform (that or of). Obsolete.
a. Intimation, information, intelligence; a piece of information, an intimation. Frequently in to give (also to have) notice. Also in extended use.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun]
warningc1386
knowinga1398
notice1415
notification1415
advisement?a1425
advertisement1426
intimation1442
advertising1525
note1597
card1761
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known [verb (intransitive)]
to give (also to have) notice1582
advertise1612
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known [phrase]
to warn beforec1275
in warningc1370
to warn custos1558
to give (also to have) notice1582
to give warning of1611
1415 T. Hoccleve Addr. to Sir John Oldcastle l. 213 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 15 The preest..yaf hem the notice Of Crystes lore.
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 86 (MED) He ȝeueþ notice, doom, and knowyng þat þilk deede is needis to be doon.
1483 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1830) II. Pref. 72 Byfore any knowlegge or notyce therof made or yeven to..Robert Scrope.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 57 Shee wyl geeue notice to the streight of al Italye dwellers.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 81 Nauar had notice of your faire approch. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. vii. 114 Bring me iust notice of the numbers dead. View more context for this quotation
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler To Rdr. sig. A7 Of these..I thought fit to give thee this notice . View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1536 A little stay will bring some notice hither. View more context for this quotation
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 4 Wheresoever I had notice of any considerable natural Spelunca..I forthwith had recourse thereunto.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 173. ⁋2 His Epistles and Satires are full of proper Notices for the Conduct of Life in a Court.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 256 My Lord.., being a little tender in his Feet, from a Gouty Notice, walked very slowly.
1777 H. Mackenzie Julia de Roubigné I. 136 If you hear that he has gone into the country, send me notice by the messenger.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 154 Notice of a change in the dark world Was lispt about the acacias.
1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. vi. 136 He knew the dogs would give notice of the approach of any one.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 8 Before him came a forester.., with notice of a hart.., First seen that day.
1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out ix. 128 The gong blaring all through the house gave notice for breakfast.
1988 M. Hocking Irrelevant Woman (1989) i. 8 The firmly rounded chin gave notice that she was accustomed to command whatever forces troubled her.
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1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvi. 283 The haste I was in..made me forget to take notice to you of a Problem that occurr'd to my thoughts.
1688 A. Behn Oroonoco 143 I had Opportunity to take notice to him, that he was not well pleas'd of late, as he us'd to be.
1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 19 May (1965) I. 413 I cannot forbear takeing notice to you of a mistake of Gemelli.
1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iv I took notice of it to Bianca, even before I saw him in armour.
1787 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. II. 345 He took again notice to both these Ministers.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. 100 He took notice to one of them, that the lad..appeared very sickly and delicate.
2.
a. Knowledge; awareness. Now only as passing into sense 2b.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [noun]
witshipc900
wisdomc950
knowledge1393
notice?1435
notition1453
intellectionc1475
acknowledgec1510
sciturec1540
knowledgement1570
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cognizance1635
conusance1635
cognoscence1647
knowfulness1891
?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 34 (MED) The same kyng is wont..to be so variable and ffeynyng in his wordes..That almost ther was no levyng man myht have notyse off his condicion or myht trust in hym.
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica Proh. 9 They wele apperceyued how notice & knowledge of many & dyuerse thyngis in it conteneth the comodious prouenew of singuler auauntage.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 20 Hauing therefore notise of your heroycall heart.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxix. 26 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 114 O kindle there thy furies flame, Where liues no notice of thy name.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. i. sig. I2v The Florence Prince (Drawne by firme notice of the Dukes black deeds) Is made a partner in conspiracie.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 382 Many Chantries, Chappels [etc.], more then I haue notice of, were erected..within the spacious vast Fabricke of this Episcopall Chaire.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 28 Being very ready..to assist me with his advice, and notice of the state of affairs.
b. Law. Knowledge of a relevant fact, esp. as possessed (or not) by the purchaser of property.
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1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 509 Where the trust is destroyed, by a conveyance to a purchaser without notice.
1807 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 4 210 The land office can have no notice of the fact, until a return is made; and it would be hard, that a subsequent purchaser without notice, and without the means of obtaining notice, when he purchases, would be affected by the claim.
1882 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 8 410 With regard to the question of notice, Tulk v. Moxhay shews that a restrictive covenant will be enforced.
1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1240/2 If equitable rights are not registrable, they are good against the whole world except a bona fide purchaser of the legal estate without notice of such equitable rights.
1992 R. P. Meagher et al. Equity (ed. 3) 250 In order for the holder of the legal estate to be within the doctrine of ‘bona fide purchaser of the legal estate for value without notice’ it must appear..that he had..no notice of the outstanding equity.
3. † c. for notice sake: for the sake of attention. Obsolete. rare.
a. Heed, cognizance, note, attention.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun]
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thoughtc1175
tenta1300
curec1300
intentc1320
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attendancec1374
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notea1400
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advertation?c1500
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attendancya1680
perpensity1704
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intending1876
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun]
marka1400
notea1400
notinga1427
markingc1443
viewc1450
noticec1487
observation1547
observancy1567
animadversion1573
observance1602
remark1614
remarking?1626
notification1659
observala1734
observe1830
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 95 They that were excellently sped in connynge wente ouer in-to Egipte to thende & purpoos that they myght vnderstande & apperceyue theyr studyous connynge, dygne and worthy to be had in notice.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlix. 103 As farre as any dutie of ours dependeth vpon the notize of their condition.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 407 To no more Will I giue place or notice . View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 350 Give me leave therefore to name some Fruit may be worth the notice.
1692 W. Congreve Incognita 6 They entred Florence at Porta Romana, attended only by two Servants, the rest being left behind to avoid notice.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. §2. 347 The frequent making of Hypotheses..would suggest numerous Phaenomena, that otherwise escape notice.
1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 36 The author speaks..of her [sc. France's] debt, as a thing scarcely worthy of notice.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 257 They soon grow drunk With gazing, when they see an able man Step forth to notice.
1831 D. S. Bacon Tales of Puritans iii. 201 The stranger had risen and seated himself in a remote corner of the apartment and seemed studiously to avoid notice.
1885 Law Times Rep. 54 61/2 He had no reason to give particular notice to what lights the I.C.U. was showing.
1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana (1962) 94 The way to become really conspicuous was to try to escape notice.
1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows iii. 53 For a man whose energy and foresight were largely responsible for saving Britain from defeat, Lord Swinton has received remarkably little notice.
b. With possessive adjective (or equivalent): the cognizance, observation, or attention of the person or persons specified.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 158 To my poore vnworthy notice, He mock'd vs, when he begg'd our Voyces. View more context for this quotation
1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 2 For fear that name shou'd bring me to the notice of my Father.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xiv. 98 Nor is the meanest Thief below, or the greatest Hero above thy notice . View more context for this quotation
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 543 [Johnson:] Wherever I turn, the dead or the dying meet my notice.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iv. 74 A gold-inwoven robe..Betrayed them to our notice.
1895 Law Times Rep. 73 651/1 Keeping back that which there was a duty to bring specifically to the notice of the underwriters.
1935 Language 11 102 A sub-phonemic variation which the observer himself uses will generally escape his notice.
1987 S. Johnson Commissioner vii. 95 One of them bought the article to my notice.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [adverb]
for notice sake1632
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 41 The Iewes..in Rome, weare red, and yellow hats for notice sake, to distinguish them from others.
4. to take notice.
a. To take heed, pay attention, show awareness (of). Frequently in negative constructions.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > pay attention [phrase]
to nim or take yemec1175
to bow the eyec1230
give tenta1300
to take (nim) heed13..
to have respect toa1398
to have an eye to (also in)1425
to give, pay heed (to)?1504
to make reckoning of1525
to take notice1573
to take into consideration1652
to return to our sheep1871
to sit up and take notice1886
society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (intransitive)]
to take notice1573
refer1691
1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta i. i, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres f. 75 And being come into Phocides land, Tooke notice of the cursed Oracle.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ciiij Taking no notice that she is so nye. View more context for this quotation
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxii. 209 After notize taken how the Montanists held these additions to bee supplements of the Gospell.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 24 Our mind shall never take notice of anything the eyes doe see.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi. §2 To which purpose the Testimony of Varro in Censorinus is generally taken notice of.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 39. ¶5 Men in Ordinary Discourse very often speak Iambicks, without taking Notice of it.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii But isn't it odd they never were taken notice of, not even by the commander-in-chief?
a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. vi. 104 Nobody doubts her right to have precedence of mamma, but it would be more becoming in her not to be always insisting on it. It is not that mamma cares about it the least in the world, but I know it is taken notice of by many persons. View more context for this quotation
1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 8 Yet often..the master took Small notice.
1895 ‘M. Maartens’ My Lady Nobody 345 Somebody tried the lock. Ursula took no notice.
1954 A. Thirkell What did it Mean? 243 When she married the delightful Colonial Bishop, now Canon Joram, the County and the Close suddenly sat up and began to take notice.
1987 R. Ingalls End of Trag. 27 What could she do to make them walk on and not take any notice of her?
b. spec. Of a baby: to show signs of interest in or curiosity about its surroundings.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive, be aware of [verb (intransitive)]
tellc1390
to be perceiveda1400
to take cognizance of1635
notice1820
waken1825
to wake to1836
to take notice1845
to tune in1926
1845 C. Dickens Cricket on Hearth i. 30 Two months and three da-ays!.. Takes notice, in a way quite won-der-ful!
1895 ‘M. Maartens’ My Lady Nobody 309 ‘He is beginning to take notice,’ said Ursula... ‘Don't you see how he opens and shuts his little fingers?’
1995 BNC Eight-month-old Bogdan is now in the caring hands of Malcolm and Joan Valln... ‘He's lovely,’ said Joan. ‘He's now taking notice and responding to stimulation.’
5.
a. Formal or official intimation or warning of something; public announcement or notification. Frequently in to give notice.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > formal
signification1533
notice1597
advice1622
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. v. 103 Now will I in..to giue notice, that no maner of person..haue recourse vnto the Princes. View more context for this quotation
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 401 It was done with sound of Trumpet,..as Players with us use to give notice of a Play.
1650 Cal. State Papers, Domest. Ser. (1876) 540 Masters of the letter packet boat, Not to carry any male passengers to France or Flanders until further notice.
1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 167 Cairnes's clerks..said, they had received no notice of it.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives I. 172 A herald went before, who gave notice to the people to keep holiday.
1896 Act 59 & 60 Vict. c. 36 §2 Public notice of any order made under this Act shall be given in the manner required.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 462/1 A law forbidding under severe penalties a labourer from hiring himself to a second employer without giving notice of a prior contract.
1987 Holiday Which? Sept. 160/3 Mr Kemp had not given the tour operator written notice of his condition.
b. spec. A formal notification by one of the parties to an agreement (esp. one concerning a tenancy or period of employment) that it is to terminate at a specified time; (also) the period of time between such notification and the termination of the agreement.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > agreement to terminate at specified time
warning1432
notice1765
time notice1892
1765 Earl of Malmesbury Let. 16 Sept. (1870) I. 129 It is 150 florins, or fourteen guineas, a-year; but I am to try it first, and may, at any time after, quit it by giving six weeks' notice.
1836 C. Dickens Let. 5 Nov. (1965) I. 191 I have deemed it right to beg you to accept my notice from to-day.
1853 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 240 I had the lease of the house, and the notice to quit lying at my disposal.
1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 299 The girl was under notice.
1936 D. Carnegie How To win Friends & influence People ii. x. 228 The tenant's lease still had four months to run... Nevertheless, he served notice that he was vacating immediately.
1957 J. Braine Room at Top (1960) 140 I've known of married officials who've been told either to stop committing adultery or give in their notice.
1998 I. Hunter Which? Guide to Employment Law ix. 163 No employer can force an employee to work out his or her notice.
c. on notice: forewarned. Also to put (also place) on notice: to notify, alert, or warn formally (a person or persons, that).
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1969 N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 8/1 Senator Goodall..argued..that a definite timetable was necessary to put the Saigon Government on notice that it must assume the combat burden as well as make internal political reforms.
1980 L. Auchincloss House of Prophet vii. 105 I make immediate disclosure of my dislike of Mr. Hammond, so my readers may be on notice of possible prejudice in my description of him.
1990 Banking World Dec. 54/3 But at least he knows where he stands, as he has been placed on notice that the issuing bank has a ‘political’ reason for this requirement.
2001 Independent 10 Jan. i. 8/7 We've been put on notice that they will be seeking compensation for the 30 years of displacement.
6. An act of observing or noticing something; a bestowal of attention. Now Irish English (northern), esp. in a wee notice: a minute observation; (hence) a thing barely noticeable, a small amount.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun] > instance of
quotation1592
notice1620
remark1628
1620 S. Rowlands Night-raven sig. D2v I take a notice what your youth are doing, When you are fast a sleepe..I see your prentises what pranks they play.
1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker ii. sig. D1 I saw the old Lady, ere she went to bed Put up her plate..In a small long chest... Lur. Twas a good notice.
1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. 293 He is big with Descriptions, and obliges you with the Narrative of all his Observations and Notices.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lix. 397 His Boy shall not be one Day out of my Presence..because..his Temper wants looking after, and his Notices of every thing are strong and significant.
1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. ix. 187 Having formerly been honoured with some amorous notices from the squire.
1820 J. F. Cooper Precaution I. x. 102 The colonel attached himself during this visit to Jane, with occasional notices of the Miss Jarvises.
1977 J. Pepper What a Thing to Say 27 ‘Did it hurt?’ a Co Tyrone woman patient was asked. ‘Just a wee notice’ she answered.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 243/2 A wee notice, a fraction, a small amount e.g. It was a wee notice higher up.
7. A (specified) length of time given for preparation after receipt of information or a warning. Frequently in prepositional phrases, as at a few minutes' notice, at short notice, without any notice, etc.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > at short notice
at short notice1649
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > in haste or in a hurry > with little time
at short notice1785
at a few minutes' notice1839
1649 J. Lilburne Strength out of Weaknesse 1 Divers of my friends in London (it seemes) had notice of my going thither, although I my selfe had little above two houres notice.
1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 54 At last we were betray'd, and had only the short Notice given us to yield or secure our selves from the hand of Justice by the next Morning, when they design'd to surprize us.
1745 D. Garrick Let. 10 Oct. (1963) I. 51 If you can settle the time and place, with a week's notice, you'll give the greatest pleasure to your most sincere friend.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 136 Gath'ring, at short notice, in one group The family dispers'd.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. v. 117 I must find a friend to accompany me, and where to seek one on this short notice, as I have no acquaintances in Fairport.
1839 C. Dickens Let. 25 July (1965) I. 569 There is always a bed for you at five minute's notice.
1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn III. vii. 94 Will you dine with us on Wednesday the 28th? I give you a long notice, because you..have so many appointments.
1934 D. Hammett Thin Man vii. 40 ‘It's awful short notice,’ she said, ‘but can't you come to dinner tomorrow night?’
1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren (1956) 1 I hadn't given them much notice for I had only telegraphed them of my arrival from Sydney.
1978 D. Smith Cookery Course I. 133 Ask the butcher—giving him a bit of notice—to bone out a hand and spring of pork for this recipe.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun]
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thingOE
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1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence xi. 230 That unreasonable thing, which all the natural and congenite notices of men cry down.
1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. a2 Improving the minds of Men in solid and useful notices of things.
1696 E. Stillingfleet 12 Serm. iv. 142 The virtuous heathens,..according to those short and obscure notices which they had of God.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 199 Our early notices of truth, disgrac'd, Soon lose their credit, and are all effac'd. View more context for this quotation
II. Something which imparts information, and related senses.
9. † c. In plural. Notes of astronomical observations. Obsolete. rare.
a. An informative or instructive article, paper, pamphlet, etc. Now rare.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > article
piece1533
notice1592
article1701
contribution1714
magazine article1820
magazine paper1833
1592 R. B. Treat. Office of Councellor in C. Read Mr. Secretary Walsingham (1925) I. App. 428 It is convenient for a Secretarie..to have a booke or notice of all the Noblemen, their Pedigrees and Alliances amonge themselves.
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xx. 304 (heading) A Notice of the commercial productions particular to the state.
1841 Sir P. G. Egerton in Proc. Geol. Soc. (1842) 3 (title) A Notice on the Occurrence of Triassic Fishes in British Strata.
1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Dec. 891/1 We are given..a notice of the mill's character..down to the quality of millstones.
b. In a newspaper, magazine, etc.: a paragraph or article on a newly published book, a performance of a play, etc.; a review (frequently in plural).
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society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > article > review
review1649
review article1807
notice1835
press notice1852
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > review or critique > [noun]
criticism1608
hypercritic1619
critique1647
review1649
review article1807
notice1835
appreciation1856
crit1908
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun] > explanation, comment
schedulec1420
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commentary?1548
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annotation1570
exegesis1627
paraphrase1650
idioticonc1813
notice1835
1835 C. Dickens Let. 23 Nov. (1965) I. 97 If I take a cab and put off writing my notice 'till we return, I can easily manage it. I shall come straight from the Theatre.
1841 T. Arnold in Life & Corr. (1844) II. x. 298 I thank you very much for your notices of my lecture.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. xi. 277 Pepys, not very consistently with some of his notices of the Doctor, complains that he did all the work.
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (1906) vi. 132 Before you write that brilliant notice of some..book of verses.
1945 Bristol (New Hampsh.) Enterprise 15 Feb. 4/1 (advt.) Births, marriage and death notices inserted free. Card of thanks, $1.00.
1959 N. Marsh False Scent (1960) ii. 76 ‘She's playing Eliza Doolittle,’ Gantry remarked. ‘Of course. Nice notices,’ Marchant murmured.
1991 Dateline Mag. Jan. 12/3 She had good notices in her first serious film.
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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > treatise or description > [noun] > record
notices1861
1861 J. Nichol in Mem. (1896) 88 You are popping your kind old head in at the stand ‘to take the notices’.
10. A displayed sign or placard giving news or information; the text of such a sign, etc.; (also) a piece of paper containing similar information handed to the recipient.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > one who or that which
advertisement1447
deferent1670
remarkera1684
advertiser1712
notifier1738
noticer1751
warner1762
notice1766
adviser1854
Typhoid Mary1909
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [noun] > placarding, postering, or billing > a placard, notice, or bill
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placard1560
ticket1567
pancart1577
affix1589
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handbill1718
daybill1731
show bill?a1750
notice1766
play-card1778
card1787
posting bill1788
poster1818
sticker1862
flyer1889
paper1896
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. v. 172 My Lord had already dispatched a Multitude of circular Letters to all his Acquaintances, with other Notices, throughout the Kingdom, containing Offers of ample Rewards for the Recovery of his Child.
1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 81 Some shining notice will be there, Of open house and ready fare.
1822 P. B. Shelley To Jane: Invitation 29 I leave this notice on my door For each accustomed visitor.
1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. I. 28 At the Exchange, where thou wilt find notices of vessels..according to the ports or places.
1895 T. Hardy Jude vi. i. 415 Two or three of the houses had notices of rooms to let.
1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 125 A notice warning off the poor water-cress gatherer.
1973 P. Campbell 35 Years on Job 153 A notice on the door said that the plumber was closed for the month of August.
1992 Country Woman 19/3 Post notices on the bulletin board at your grocery store, describing your product and giving a price.
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a. A short announcement or advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, etc.
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1805 Piscataqua (N. Hampshire) Evangelical Mag. Jan. 38 Obituary notices. January 13, 1805 died at his seat in Portsmouth, after a long and distressing illness.
1872 Harper's Bazar 6 Jan. 11 The following marriage notice is clipped from a Texas paper.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 157/1 Its contents were partly official..partly private (notices of births, marriages and deaths).
1926 W. Rogers Autobiogr. (1949) viii. 75 In dozens of newspapers over the United States on the last day of 1922 appeared this notice: The famous cowboy monologist, Will Rogers, has undertaken to write for this paper a weekly article of humorous content.
1987 E. Leonard Bandits iv. 50 All you have to do is put a notice in the paper.
1999 I. Sinclair Lights out for Territory 95 His system..is based on..a close monitoring of the lost pet notices in newspapers.
b. An announcement read to a church congregation. Frequently in plural.
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society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > an announcement or proclamation > to church congregation
notice1855
1855 F. Procter Hist. Bk. Common Prayer ii. iii. 322 The correct interpretation concerning notices to be given in church.
a1870 ‘M. Twain’ Let. in C. Clemens My Father (1931) i. 11 The local minister had read sixteen ‘notices’ of Sunday-school and Bible-class and church and sewing-society and other meetings.
1937 W. Douglas Church Mus. in Hist. & Pract. v. 120 The Prone..contained a bidding prayer for intercessions, a confession and absolution, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments with explanation, and the Church notices.
1967 Alternative Services (Second Series): An Order for Holy Communion 4 Banns of Marriage and other notices may then be published, if they have not been published before the service.
1999 Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 14 June William Stonor, son and heir to Lord Camoys, read the church notices for the forthcoming week.
Compounds
C1.
a.
notice-taker n.
ΚΠ
1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies vi. 91 Gods rod hath a voice.., and it becomes us to be his notice-takers.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. vi. 62 We that are women be notice-takers; and out of the tail of our eye see more than most men can, glaring through a prospect glass.
notice-taking n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun] > turning one's mind to
rewardingc1384
considering1483
inclination1509
consideration1548
animadversion1573
attendancya1600
notice-taking1614
mind1916
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > observing, observant
perceivantc1390
markingc1580
regardfula1586
regardant1588
curiousa1592
observant1599
observing1607
observative1609
animadversive1642
smoky1688
notice-taking1816
noteful1838
1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. 45 To smother their guilt, and preuent all notice taking of their impietie.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 39 A handsome Building.., which we thought not unworthy the notice-taking.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 176 Though ye are no blind, ye are no sae notice-taking as I am.
1914 H. James Let. 1 Sept. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) vi. 296 The thing was shown to me this a.m. by the notice-taking Skinner.
b. † notice-shunning adj. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 20 In the days of our shy and notice-shunning grandfathers!
1818 T. G. Fessenden Ladies Monitor 72 Yonder timid fair, With such an artless, notice shunning air, Not trick'd, and furbelow'd from head to feet, Her dress plain, elegant, and simply neat.
C2.
notice paper n. a parliamentary paper giving the current day's proceedings.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > formal > parliamentary
notice paper1844
1844 T. E. May Law of Parl. viii. 166 Any member [of the House of Commons] may propose a question... But in order to give the House due notice of his intention, he is required to state the form of his motion on a previous day, and to have it entered in the Order Book or Notice Paper.
1884 E. W. Hamilton Diary 3 Apr. (1972) II. 588 After the unprecedent[ed] number of questions had been disposed of (no less than 73 being on the Notice paper)..Sir S. Northcote moved the adjournment of the House.
1956 P. Ford & G. Ford Guide to Parl. Papers i. i. 3 The White Paper (Notice Paper)..contains certain portions of the Blue Paper and relates to the current day's sittings.
2003 Daily Tel. 3 July 23/3 Each potential soldier, and the parent or guardian of a recruit under the age of 18, is given a copy of the Notice Paper, a statutory document that gives details of the soldier's terms of service.
Derivatives
ˈnotice-worthy adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice
specialc1405
eminentc1420
markablec1449
noteworthy1552
regardable1572
respectable1584
of —— observation1587
considerable1589
of (great, little, etc.) mark1590
signal1591
remarkable1593
conspicuous1604
noble1604
observative1608
observable1609
significant1642
noteful1644
signalized1652
tall1655
curious1682
notice-worthy1713
unco1724
noticeable1793
handsome1813
epoch-forming1816
measurable1839
epochal1857
epoch-making1863
era-making1894
epoch-marking1895
high profile1950
landmark1959
1713 Vindic. Ministers & Elders Church of Scotland i. 21 Its notice worthy, that no such thing was done in England.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 182 An illustration, very notice-worthy, of the temper which was working in the country.
1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 28 Sept. 10 Regardless of what your tax bracket is, critics are pointing to a notice-worthy drawback.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
noticev.
/ˈnəʊtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnoʊdəs/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)]
speakc825
areadc885
meldeOE
sayOE
yknowa1225
warnc1275
bekena1300
wraya1300
signifyc1325
declarec1340
to speak outc1384
discuss1389
notifyc1390
bida1400
advertise1447
notice1447
detectc1465
render1481
minister1536
to set outa1540
summonc1540
intimate1548
acquaint1609
phrase1614
voice1629
denote1660
unlade1717
apprise1817
aira1902
1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 35 (MED) My seid lord praied yow that ye wolle notise his wyll..to the seid Maier.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 2812 (MED) The deth of the rede dragown Schal notyse ful gret Significaciown.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 6900 Alle the clergyse..thorwgh the rewm dyde notyse thus son.
c1525 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 5 If it be ment that we shuld notise unto theis people where thoffence hathe bene committed.
1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 21 Some of his counsaile..ought shortly after to notice the same vnto him.
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 305 This noticeth that wee loue Gods children.., when all that are such, are entertained into our loue.
2. † b. transitive. To point out or mention to a person. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To mention; to remark on; to refer to or speak of (something observed). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of
to speak of ——c825
sayOE
besayc1200
talk ofc1230
to make mention ofc1300
readc1300
yminnea1325
nevenc1330
to make mindc1350
toucha1375
famea1400
minta1400
clepec1400
rehearsec1405
recitec1436
reckonc1480
mentionatec1525
mention1530
to speak upon ——1535
name1542
repeatc1550
voice1597
commemorate1599
to speak on ——1600
notice1611
quote1612
to make vent ofa1616
memorate1623
mensh1928
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > mention
mingOE
to make mention ofc1300
attain1447
mentionatec1525
mention1530
mind1530
notice1611
notice1627
cite1691
citate1894
1611 T. Howard Let. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 127 That his eyes are fire, his tail is Berenices locks, and a few more such fancies worthy your noticing.
1685 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 145 I took boat from Middleburgh to Dort; nothing occurred worthie noticeing.
1748 C. Talbot Let. 10 Oct. in Lett. Mrs. E. Carter & Miss C. Talbot (1808) I. 195 Remember..in your answer not to notice this latter part of mine.
1766 London Chron. 27–30 Dec. 631/3 Mr. Garrick's judicious alteration of this Play has been already noticed in a former number.
1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 25 Sir Murtagh, I forgot to notice, had no childer.
1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 251 I hope, if properly noticed,..that the heads of Government will take it into consideration.
1838 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 263 His formal noticing the faults made them important.
1868 E. H. Plumptre tr. Æschylus Eumenides in tr. Æschylus Trag. II. 180 The same objection is noticed by Aristotle in his discussion of the subject.
1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria i. i. 6 Besides the Duke of Kent, who must be noticed separately, the other brothers, in order of seniority, were [etc.].
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. iii. 58 To complete our story of the life-history of the Paramecium, we must notice that in bad times..some of the individuals manage to creep into the crevices of plants.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)]
teacha900
showa1225
brevea1377
ensign1477
point1477
note1521
demonstrate1534
appointa1547
to put (also lay) one's (also the) finger on1574
remark1592
outpoint1595
finger1619
clewa1625
notice1627
denote1632
indicate1651
to index outa1796
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > mention
mingOE
to make mention ofc1300
attain1447
mentionatec1525
mention1530
mind1530
notice1611
notice1627
cite1691
citate1894
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1632) 289 Pauls noting or notizing them to the Congregation is not excommunication complete.
1718 D. Defoe in F. Lee Life (1869) I. Introd. 13 This..I thought myself obliged to notice to you.
1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 59 It has been thought better that I should notice to you its very exceptionable nature.
a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. xxix. 294 She looked so much better that Sir Charles noticed it to Lady Harriet.
3. † c. intransitive. spec. Of a baby: to show signs of interest in or curiosity about its surroundings. Cf. notice n. 4b. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To take notice of; to observe, to become aware of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)]
markc1175
note?c1225
heedc1275
apperceivec1300
spyc1380
notec1390
notac1392
registera1393
considerc1400
notifya1425
animadvert?a1475
mind1490
adnote1558
observe1560
quote1560
remark1581
to take note1600
apprehenda1634
to take cognizance of1635
animadverse1642
notice1660
to pass in review1697
smoke1716
cognize1821
spot1848
looky1900
1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iv. 383 [This] withdraws all mens admiration from Megistus, each running to recover the other, giving Megistus leave to retire secretly to his bed without being noticed.
1757 Amer. Mag. Dec. 118/1 Be it previously noticed that this observation is only applicable to a false taste in building.
1762 Pennsylvania Arch. (1853) IV. 88 I was in the house.., and did not notice any of the above circumstances.
1781 W. Cowper Charity 207 The wretch that works and weeps without relief, Has one that notices his silent grief.
1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 29 Nor noticed I where joyously Sate my two younger babes at play.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 207 I could notice a turbidity gathering in the air.
1894 Woman at Home 2 437 Notice a latitudinal crease in the left sleeve.
1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 5 She was the kind of person who is not noticed at parties.
1956 H. L. Mencken Minority Rep. 47 I seldom give much heed to the faces and forms of females, and I almost never notice their clothes.
1988 ‘R. Deacon’ Spyclopaedia 14 It was noticed that he had begun to take an interest in local soccer matches.
b. intransitive. To take notice; to observe or become aware of what is happening.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive, be aware of [verb (intransitive)]
tellc1390
to be perceiveda1400
to take cognizance of1635
notice1820
waken1825
to wake to1836
to take notice1845
to tune in1926
1820 J. Trumbull MʽFingal in Poet. Wks. I. 93 What's your Congress or its end? A power, t'advise and recommend;..And yet no soul is bound to notice.
1845 D. Boucicault Old Heads & Young Hearts ii. 16 Lady P. Have glacé silks gone out yet, in Paris? Roe. Really, dearest mother, I didn't notice.
1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer vi. 69 Now the boy began to draw something on the slate, hiding his work with his left hand. For a time the girl refused to notice.
1895 T. Hardy Jude vi. i. 414 I don't think he saw me, though he must have heard you speaking to the crowd. But he seemed not to notice.
1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral i. 7 They don't notice? Naow—not pike don't.
1979 W. Golding Darkness Visible (1980) viii. 117 They were late home that time but nobody noticed.
ΚΠ
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 820 A third [child] ‘did not notice’ for some weeks. A fourth ‘did not notice at the time of head-retraction’.
d. colloquial. not so as you'd notice (and variants): not to a noticeable degree.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > not noticeably
unsensablya1395
unnoticeably1853
not so as you'd notice1920
undetectably1978
1920 N. Coward I'll leave it to You ii. 43 ‘I take it that yours is a gold mine’—‘Not so that you'd notice it.’
1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies xii. 221 He wasn't drunk yesterday. Not so as you'd notice anyway.
1966 ‘N. Blake’ Morning after Death xiii. 198 ‘Was Chester interested?’ ‘Not so as you'd notice.’
1993 Harper's Mag. June 13/2 Just a few hits at first on top of his shorts, not so's you'd notice.
e. intransitive. To be seen, to be noticeable, to show.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)]
seem1340
to prove wellc1387
showa1393
appearc1400
to stare (a person) in the face1510
sparkle1597
shinea1616
transpear1645
relate1663
it is visible1693
to speak out1846
notice1961
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)]
tootc897
appearc1360
to meet the eye (also ear)1645
notice1961
1961 Y. Olsson On Syntax Eng. Verb vii. 177 I have mended the hole now. I don't think it notices.
1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Episode 4. 39/1 Del. I know that you don't like Pauline... Rodney. Oh, does it notice that much?
1994 Investors Chron. 28 Jan. 38/1 If you get it right it compounds the performance; if you get it wrong it doesn't notice too much.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous to [verb (transitive)]
courtesy1570
notice1660
to keep measures with1709
1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iv. 412 He esteemed his daughter happy, in being noticed, and much more in being loved by a person of such eminent qualities.
1746 H. Walpole Let. 5 June in Corr. (1941) IX. 27 The Venetian ambassadress..is the only woman he has yet noticed.
1775 in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1864) XIX. 135 I was much Oblig'd to them for their good wishes and Opinion; in short, no Person could possibly be more Notic'd than myself.
a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. i. 14 Mr. Elliot had..shewn himself as unsolicitous of being longer noticed by the family. View more context for this quotation
1862 T. W. Robertson Progress i. i. 557 He left mamma very poor; and as mamma was not noticed by her family, she was forced to work.
1887 W. F. Barry New Antigone I. i. iii. 42 He was so distinguished and I of so little consequence that to be noticed by him was enough to make one proud.
5. transitive. Originally Scottish. To watch, keep a check on; to tend, take care of, see to. Now also U.S. regional (southern, south Midland).
ΚΠ
1672 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 3rd Ser. 38 175 And honest breeches and coat att the rate of twentie four pounds Scots, which mounting above the said will be narrowly notised..by the commissioners.
1700 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 332 The master of the gramer school [shall] notice ther writeing.
1795 Statist. Acct. (Fife) X. 514 One man belonging to the corps of artillery lives here, to notice the works, and take care of the stores.
1832 Fife Herald 20 Sept. She asked witness to light a candle, and to notice her during the night before her death.
1887 R. S. Robertson On Bogie's Banks 34 I noticed the kitchie mysel'.
1944 Bulletin (Tenneseean Folk Lore Soc.) 10 10 He decided to take a stroll around the station and asked his new friend if she would watch his possessions. ‘I'll be glad to notice them for you,’ she replied.
1955 Mearns Leader 15 Apr. She's ower notishin' Leeb till the destric' noarse comes back.
1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. (at cited word) To take care of: I could never get away fae the hoose fur noticing me owld mother.
6. transitive. To notify (a person); to inform (a person) of a thing. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)] > notify someone of something
notifyc1450
advertise1454
notice1763
1763 G. G. Beekman Let. 5 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 451 In mine 30th November 1762..I Noticed you I Should want the money and in February following acquainted for what use it Was wanting.
1775 J. Trumbull in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 31 Whether these are the same ships your Excellency noticed us of, remains uncertain.
1997 P. Cornwell Unnatural Exposure viii. 189 ‘I assume you've been inside the house.’.. ‘I haven't. Was a neighbour that did. And when I was noticed about it, I called for Norfolk.’
7. transitive. Chiefly British. To write a review or notice of (a book, play, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > review or critique > review [verb (transitive)]
review1705
critique1752
notice1831
rewatch1841
censor1882
1831 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 10 Dec. 3/5 The editor of the Old Countryman thus notices the performances of the week:—Master Burke has been performing to delighted audiences..at the Park.
1854 Punch 15 July 20/1 The reporter who ‘noticed’ the diplomatists.
1859 G. H. Lewes Let. 5 Feb. in George Eliot Lett. (1954) III. 10 Perhaps also you will send the ‘Times’ should that ‘publication’ notice the carpenter [sc. Adam Bede].
1932 J. Agate Diary 8 June in Selective Ego (1976) 4 A paper for which I write under a pseudonum wanted me to notice the Camargo Ballet at the Savoy.
1986 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 13/2 My musical colleague Alan Byth will notice tomorrow the Queen's ITV recorded visit to the Royal Opera House.
8. † b. transitive (reflexive). To get oneself out of an agreement, etc., by giving the requisite notice. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To serve with a notice; to give notice to (a person). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)] > serve with a notice
notice1850
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 561/1 The widow was regularly noticed to quit at the ensuing term.
1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. i. 5 On these fields Mr. Dockwrath expended some money,..and when noticed to give them up.., expressed himself terribly aggrieved.
1880 Daily News 18 Dec. 5/3 The men, about forty in number, were ‘noticed’ on Friday.
1901 ‘M. E. Francis’ Fiander's Widow i. 5 Notice me so much as ever ye like, I'll not clean them pigs out afore Saturday!
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (reflexive)] > withdraw from some action
detray1509
withdraw1612
notice1881
1881 Daily News 24 Mar. 2/1 The clauses of the Act of 1875 which gave power to landlords and tenants to ‘notice’ themselves out of it.
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