 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
advertised
adjective: called to public attention; "these advertised products"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Advertise \Ad'ver*tise"\ (?; 277), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Advertised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advertising}.] [F. avertir,
formerly also spelt advertir, to warn, give notice to, L.
advertere to turn to. The ending was probably influenced by
the noun advertisement. See {Advert}.]
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.
4. 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.
Syn: To apprise; inform; make known; notify; announce;
proclaim; promulgate; publish.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
advertised \advertised\ adjective
1. called to public attention. these advertised products
[WordNet 1.5]
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