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ad⋅ver⋅tise

  [ad-ver-tahyz, ad-ver-tahyz] verb, -tised, -tis⋅ing.
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–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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un·ad·ver·tised   (ŭn-ād'vûr-tīzd')   
adj.  Not having been advertised to the public: unadvertised sale merchandise.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

advertise 
c.1430, "to take notice of," from M.Fr. advertiss-, prp. stem of a(d)vertir "warn," from L. advertere "turn toward," from ad- "toward" + vertere "to turn" see versus). Original sense remains in advert "to give attention to." Sense of advertise shifted to "give notice to others, warn" (1490) by influence of advertisement, which meant "public notice (of anything, but often of a sale)" by c.1460. The modern, commercial meaning was fully developed by 18c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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