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blaze, blazon, broadcast, circulate, disseminate, noise, promulgate, propagate, spread, ballyhoo, build up, cry

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ad⋅ver⋅tise

[ad-ver-tahyz, ad-ver-tahyz]

verb, -tised, -tis⋅ing.

–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.

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

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Language Translation for : advertise

Spanish:

anunciar, hacer publicidad,

German:

inserieren, werben,

Japanese:

広告する

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ad·ver·tise   (ād'vər-tīz') Pronunciation Key
v.   ad·ver·tised, ad·ver·tis·ing, ad·ver·tis·es

v.   tr.

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.
To make known; call attention to: advertised my intention to resign.
To warn or notify: "This event advertises me that there is such a fact as death" (Henry David Thoreau).

v. intr.

To call the attention of the public to a product or business.
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.

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.

advertise
verb
1.	call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"
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"

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.