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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ad·ver·tise / ˈadvərˌtīz/ • v. [tr.] 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 [intr.] we had a chance to advertise on television. ∎ 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 | [intr.] he advertised for dancers in the trade papers. ∎ make (a quality or fact) known: Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence. DERIVATIVES: ad·ver·tis·er n.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

advertise †take note of; †direct the attention of; give notice of. XV. f. advertiss-, lengthened stem (see -ISH2) of F. †advertir, refash. of avertir warn :- Rom. *advertīre, for L. advertere (see ADVERSE). The current form has been infl. by advertisement XV (earlier also avert-) — F. avertissement, †ad-.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

advertise •excise • queen-size • laicize •Anglicise, Anglicize •polemicize • classicize • fanaticize •elasticize • poeticize • parenthesize •mythicize •photosynthesize, synthesize •synopsize • apotheosize • emphasize •circumcise • exercise • metastasize •hypostasize •affranchise, enfranchise, franchise •fetishize • alphabetize • concretize •poetize • palletize • pelletize •unitize • remonetize • syncretize •securitize • synthetize • robotize •narcotize •anagrammatize, epigrammatize, melodramatize, overdramatize •emblematize, lemmatize •legitimatize • dogmatize • aromatize •problematize • automatize •bureaucratize • advertise •telepathize • televise •collectivize, objectivize •relativize • supervise • improvise

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