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   ad·ver·tise

   /ˈadvərˌtīz/

   verb

   • 1. describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance: "a billboard advertising beer"
   • ▪ seek to fill (a vacancy) by putting a notice in a newspaper or other medium: "for every job we advertise we get a hundred applicants"
   • ▪ make (a quality or fact) known: "Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence"
   • ▪ notify (someone) of something: "some prisoners advertised the French of this terrible danger"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French advertiss-, lengthened stem of advertir, from Latin advertere ‘turn towards’ (see advert2).

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