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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Advertise

/ăd'-vẽrt-īzˌ/ · Ad·ver·tise · IPA /ˈædvɚtaɪz/
01 v. t. To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of informatio…
imp. & p. p. Advertised; p. pr. & vb. n. Advertising
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    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.