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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADVERTI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advert.]
1. To inform; to give notice, advice or intelligence to, whether of a past or present event, or of something future.
I will advertise thee what this people will do to thy people in the latter day. Numbers 24.
I thought to advertise thee, saying; buy it before the inhabitants and elders of my people. Ruth 4.
In this sense, it has of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his losses.
2. To publish a notice of; to publish a written or printed account of; as, to advertise goods or a farm.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" [syn: advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise]
2: make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: advertise, advertize, promote, push]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-tised; -tising) Etymology: Middle English, to pay heed to, observe, notify, from Anglo-French advertiss-, stem of advertir Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to make something known to ; notify 2. a. to make publicly and generally known <advertising their readiness to make concessions> b. to announce publicly especially by a printed notice or a broadcast c. to call public attention to especially by emphasizing desirable qualities so as to arouse a desire to buy or patronize ; promote intransitive verb to issue or sponsor advertising <advertise for a secretary> • advertiser noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. draw attention to or describe favourably (goods or services) in a public medium to promote sales. 2 tr. make generally or publicly known. 3 intr. (foll. by for) seek by public notice, esp. in a newspaper. 4 tr. (usu. foll. by of, or that + clause) notify. Derivatives: advertiser n. Etymology: ME f. OF avertir (stem advertiss-): see ADVERT(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(advertises, advertising, advertised) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you advertise something such as a product, an event, or a job, you tell people about it in newspapers, on television, or on posters in order to encourage them to buy the product, go to the event, or apply for the job. The players can advertise baked beans, but not rugby boots... Religious groups are currently not allowed to advertise on television. VERB: V n, V 2. If you advertise for someone to do something for you, for example to work for you or share your accommodation, you announce it in a newspaper, on television, or on a notice board. We advertised for staff in a local newspaper... VERB: V for n 3. If you do not advertise the fact that something is the case, you try not to let other people know about it. There is no need to advertise the fact that you are a single woman... VERB: usu with brd-neg, V n see also advertising

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ad'-ver-tiz: This word is found twice in the Old Testament: In Nu 24:14 (from Hebrew, ya`ats, "to advise") Balsam advises Balak of the future of Israel and its influence upon his kingdom ("I will advertise thee"). In the King James Version Ru 4:4 (from galah 'ozen, "to uncover the ear," "to reveal") Boaz in speaking to the nearer kinsman of Ruth: "I thought to advertise thee" (the Revised Version, margin "uncover thine ear").

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Announce, publish, declare, promulgate, trumpet, proclaim, make known, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, lay before the public, bring to the notice of the public, make proclamation of. 2. Offer for sale. 3. Apprise, inform, give notice to, notify.

Moby Thesaurus

acquaint, advertise of, advise, air, announce, annunciate, apprise, ballyhoo, bark, bill, blazon, blazon forth, boost, brandish, brief, bring word, broadcast, bruit about, build up, bulletin, circularize, communicate, cry, cry up, dangle, demonstrate, disclose, display, emblazon, enlighten, establish, exhibit, familiarize, flash, flaunt, flourish, give a write-up, give notice, give publicity, give the facts, give word, hold up, impart, inform, instruct, leave word, let know, manifest, mention to, notify, parade, placard, plug, post, post bills, post up, press-agent, proclaim, promote, promulgate, propagandize, publicize, publish, puff, push, put forth, put forward, recount, relate, report, sell, send word, serve notice, sound, speak, spiel, sport, tell, trumpet, trumpet forth, vaunt, verse, wave, write up