The Collaborative International Dictionary
advertised \advertised\ adj. 1. called to public attention. these advertised products
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "informed;" 1780s, "publicly announced," past participle adjective from advertise.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: advertise)
WordNet
adj. called to public attention; "these advertised products"
Usage examples of "advertised".
In addition to the news, weather and traffic, you receive advertised messages.
The sign advertised the grand opening, phone and location of the store and kept roaming through the neighborhood for four days.
Many fashion items as well as household products benefit fi-om being advertised in color.
Andrew had found her through an agency that advertised in medical journals.
But there are aspirin substitutes, heavily advertised and bought, which con110 tain a chemical, phenacetin.
Not only was the slogan remembered by those who saw EMBRACE advertised, and those who bought it, but-to the delight of all concerned with sales-it was bandied around to become a national catchphrase.
The nostrums advertised extensively over the country as specifics for this disease, while they may, in some instances, prevent the attacks for a short time, irritate the stomach, impair digestion, lower vitality, and permanently injure the system, often rendering the disease incurable.
POSITIVE INJURY instead of benefit often results from the employment of some of the nostrums advertised for the cure of spermatorrhea, impotency and kindred affections.
Various worse than useless devices are advertised by quacks, who, as a class, are afraid to undertake surgical treatment for the cure of varicocele.
I saw the Common Sense Medical Adviser advertised and sent for the book and studied its contents carefully, and came to the conclusion that I was suffering from varicocele.
In short, religious notices were sprinkled in among the theater bills, and the highest church dignitaries were advertised side by side with actors, singers, and clowns.
He advertised liberally, profusely, but with extraordinary shrewdness, and with a method which is in itself a lesson to all who seek business by that perfectly legitimate means.
He said they were in fact genuine medicines--such compounds as every good physician would prescribe for the diseases which they were advertised to cure.
If the article is advertised, and a reward sufficiently in excess of what he paid for it is offered, the Fence frequently returns it to its rightful owner, upon condition that no questions shall be asked, and claims the reward.
As yet she was simply startled by the coincidence, her brain had not had time to absorb its full significance--that Mama Therese should receive a communication from these distinctively named solicitors on the evening of the very day on which they advertised concerning a young woman named Sofia!