advert : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: advert	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
advert n a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert] v give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" Synonym(s): attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" Synonym(s): allude, touch, advert make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" Synonym(s): mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advert \Advert"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Adverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adverting}.] [L. advertere, v. t., to turn to; ad + vertere to turn: cf. F. avertir. See {Advertise}.] To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. I may again advert* to the distinction. --Owen. Syn: Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See {Refer}.