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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
publicise

chiefly British English spelling of publicize. For suffix, see -ize. Related: Publicised; publicising.

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publicise

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make widely known to the public. 2 (context transitive English) To advertise, create publicity for.

WordNet
publicise
  1. v. call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" [syn: advertise, publicize, advertize]

  2. make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [syn: publicize, air, bare]

Usage examples of "publicise".

Buying and selling, creaming profits, hiding discrepancies, keeping secrets, burying connections, bending the rules, cementing relationships, fixing deals, fiddling the books, prioritising, publicising, damning, demonising, and doing pretty much what all government ministers did, only more so.

Quindle had been well publicised in advance by posters all over the town.

Interviews on WorldWeb One, highly publicised fling with Sandy Kim even.

Chapter Eight The meeting had been publicised by word of mouth alone, yet it was well attended.

It will also provide a working display of these technologies for the visiting public and help to publicise, throughout Europe, the potential for sustainable building design and solar energy.