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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADVERT', v.i. [L. adverto, of ad and verto, to turn.]
To turn the mind or attention to; to regard, observe, or notice: with to; as, he adverted to what was said, or to a circumstance that occurred.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert] v
1: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" [syn: attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear]
2: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" [syn: allude, touch, advert]
3: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to perceive, pay heed, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French advertir, from Latin advertere, from ad- + vertere to turn — more at worth Date: 15th century 1. to turn the mind or attention — used with to <adverted to the speaker> 2. to call attention in the course of speaking or writing ; make reference — used with to <adverted to foreign-language sources> II. noun Date: 1860 chiefly British advertisement

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. Brit. colloq. an advertisement. Etymology: abbr. 2. v.intr. (foll. by to) literary refer in speaking or writing. Etymology: ME f. OF avertir f. L advertere: see ADVERSE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Advert Ad*vert", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Adverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adverting.] [L. advertere, v. t., to turn to; ad + vertere to turn: cf. F. avertir. See Advertise.] To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. I may again advert to the distinction. --Owen. Syn: Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See Refer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(adverts) 1. An advert is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job. (BRIT; in AM, use ad) I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company... = ad, advertisement N-COUNT: oft N for n 2. If you say that an example of something is an advert for that thing in general, you mean that it shows how good that thing is. (BRIT) This courtroom battle has been a poor advert for English justice. = advertisement N-COUNT: usu a N for n 3. You can use the adverts to refer to the interval in a commercial television programme, or between programmes, during which advertisements are shown. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use commercial break) After the adverts, the presenter tried to pretend that everything was back to normal. = commercials N-PLURAL: the N