advertiseverb
1publicize (a product, service, or event) in order to promote sales or attendance.
2make (something) known.
3archaicnotify.
Derivatives
advertisernoun
advertisingnoun
Origin
ME: from OFr.advertiss-, lengthened stem ofadvertir, from L.advertere(see advert²).
ThesaurusadvertiseverbPUBLICIZE, make public, make known, announce, broadcast, proclaim, trumpet, call attention to, bill; promote, market, beat/bang the drum for, trail, huckster;informalpush, plug, hype, boost;N. Amer. informalballyhoo, flack.