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1. Called to public attention
   "these advertised products"

1. Call attention to
   "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS";
   - publicize, advertize [US, non-standard], publicise [Brit]
    
2. Make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
   "The company is heavily advertising their new laptops";
   - advertize [US, non-standard], promote, push, flack [N. Amer, informal]

See also: publicised [Brit], publicized

Type of: announce, denote, praise

Encyclopedia: Advertised