[no.tice] n [ME, fr. MF, acquaintance, fr. L notitia knowledge, acquaintance, fr. notus known, fr. pp. of noscere to come to know--more at know] (15c) 1 a (1): warning or intimation of something: announcement (2): notification by one of the parties to an agreement or relation of intention of terminating it at a specified time (3): the condition of being warned or notified--usu. used in the phrase on notice b: information, intelligence
2. a: attention, heed b: polite or favorable attention: civility
3: a written or printed announcement
4: a short critical account or examination
[2]notice vt no.ticed ; no.tic.ing (15c) 1: to give notice of
2. a: to comment upon b: review 3 a: to treat with attention or civility b: to take notice of: mark
4: to give a formal notice to -- no.tic.er n