advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise
(verb) call attention to; “Please don’t advertise the fact that he has AIDS”
advertise, advertize, promote, push
(verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product); “The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model”; “The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
advertize (third-person singular simple present advertizes, present participle advertizing, simple past and past participle advertized)
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of advertise
The z spelling is an archaic form in British English. It appears occasionally in modern American English but is sometimes deprecated because its etymology is not from Greek.
Source: Wiktionary
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
