Advert

[Ad*vert·]

This one's easy. An advert is an advertisement: just shorten advertisement, and you get advert. Of course, as a verb, to advert to something means to refer to it.

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One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.

Noun
a public promotion of some product or service

Verb
make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

Verb
make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"

Verb
give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"


v. i.
To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.


Advert

Ad`ver*sa*ry , n.; pl. Adversaries . [OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See Adverse.] One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.> Ad*vert" , 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.
Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See Refer.

One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.

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Usage Examples

I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef's a fat pig.

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