<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.</li><li>To give information to the public about; announce publicly in a newspaper, on radio or television, etc.: to advertise a reward.</li><li>To call attention to, in a boastful or ostentatious manner: Stop advertising yourself!</li><li>Obsolete: To give notice, advice, or information to; inform: I advertised him of my intention.</li><li>Obsolete: To admonish; warn.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) To ask for something by placing a notice in a newspaper, over radio or television, etc.: to advertise for a house to rent.</li><li>To offer goods for sale or rent, solicit funds, etc., by means of advertisements: It pays to advertise.</li><li>Cards: Poker: To bluff so as to make the bluff obvious.</li><li>Rummy: To discard a card in order to induce an opponent to discard one of the same suit or denomination.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>