To make public announcement of, especially to proclaim the qualities or advantages of (a product or business) so as to increase sales. See Synonyms at announce.
To make known; call attention to: advertised my intention to resign.
To warn or notify: "This event advertises me that there is such a fact as death” ( Henry David Thoreau).
To call the attention of the public to a product or business.
To inquire or seek in a public notice, as in a newspaper: advertise for an apartment.