advertise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to call attention to

   Please don't advertise the fact that they have a terminal illness.

2. 2
   verb

   to make publicity for

   I advertised your service on my podcast.

3. 3
   verb

   To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.

   For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.

4. 4
   verb

   To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.

   Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.

5. 5
   verb

   To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.

   Socrates being advertiſed, that the God of wiſdome, had attributed the name of wiſe vnto him, was thereat much aſtoniſhed, and diligently ſearching and rouzing vp himſelf, and ranſaking the very ſecrets of his heart, found no foundation or ground for his divine ſentence.

6. 6
   verb

   In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.

   The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is when you have no indication as to what suit your opponent wants. Then even if he has advertised, the odds are that your answer is not the card he is looking for.

7. 7
   verb

   To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.

Etymology

From Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir (“to inform”), avertir, Middle French advertir, avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), with the French -iss- infix assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert.