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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advertise \Ad`ver*tise"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Advertised}; p. pr & vb n. {Advertising}.] [F. avertir
formerly also spelt advertir to warn, give notice to L.
advertere to turn to The ending was probably influenced by
the noun advertisement. See {Advert}.]
To give notice to to inform or apprise; to notify; to make
known hence to warn; -- often followed by of before the
subject of information; as to advertise a man of his loss
[Archaic]
I will advertise thee what this people shall do --Num.
xxiv. 14.
4. To give public notice of to announce publicly, esp. by a
printed notice; as to advertise goods for sale, a lost
article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.
Syn: To apprise; inform; make known notify; announce;
proclaim; promulgate; publish.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
advertise
v : call attention to "Please don't advertise the fact that he
has AIDS" [syn: {publicize}, {advertize}]
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