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ad⋅ver⋅tise

  [ad-ver-tahyz, ad-ver-tahyz] verb, -tised, -tis⋅ing.
Use advertised in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
2. to give information to the public about; announce publicly in a newspaper, on radio or television, etc.: to advertise a reward.
3. to call attention to, in a boastful or ostentatious manner: Stop advertising yourself!
4. Obsolete. to give notice, advice, or information to; inform: I advertised him of my intention.
5. Obsolete. to admonish; warn.
–verb (used without object)
6. to ask for something by placing a notice in a newspaper, over radio or television, etc.: to advertise for a house to rent.
7. to offer goods for sale or rent, solicit funds, etc., by means of advertisements: It pays to advertise.
8. Cards.
a. Poker. to bluff so as to make the bluff obvious.
b. Rummy. to discard a card in order to induce an opponent to discard one of the same suit or denomination.
Also, advertize.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME advertisen < MF avertiss-, long s. of avertir < VL *advertire, L advertere to advert 1 ; the expected ME *advertishen prob. conformed to advertisement or the suffix -ize

Related forms:
ad⋅ver⋅tis⋅a⋅ble  [ad-ver-tahy-zuh-buhl, ad-ver-tahy-] , adjective
ad⋅ver⋅tis⋅er, noun
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ad·ver·tise   (ād'vər-tīz')   
v.   ad·ver·tised, ad·ver·tis·ing, ad·ver·tis·es

v.   tr.
  1. To make public announcement of, especially to proclaim the qualities or advantages of (a product or business) so as to increase sales. See Synonyms at announce.
  2. To make known; call attention to: advertised my intention to resign.
  3. To warn or notify: "This event advertises me that there is such a fact as death" (Henry David Thoreau).
v.   intr.
  1. To call the attention of the public to a product or business.
  2. To inquire or seek in a public notice, as in a newspaper: advertise for an apartment.

[Middle English advertisen, to notify, from Old French advertir, advertiss-, to notice; see advert1.]
ad'ver·tis'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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