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1. To publicize the qualities of a product, service, business, or event in order to encourage people to buy or to use it.
2. To publicize something; such as, a job opening or an item for sale.

1. Giving an opinion or suggestion to someone about what should be done: "She advises the President on foreign affairs."
"Our lawyer is advising us about whether we should buy that house."
2. Etymology: from Old French avis, "opinion"; which came from Old French ce m'est à vis, "it seems to me"; or from Vulgar (common) Latin mi est visum, "in my view"; and originally from Latin ad-, "to" + visum; past participle of videre, "to see".

1. Two or more sides agree to accept less than they originally wanted: "After hours of negotiations a compromise was reached."
2. Something that someone accepts because what was wanted is unattainable.
3. Exposure to danger or disgrace.

British spelling of criticize.

Sometimes the British and Australian spelling for “hypnotize”.

1. To invent, to compose, or to perform extemporaneously; that is, with little or no preparation.
2. To play or to sing (music) extemporaneously; especially, by inventing variations on a melody or creating new melodies in accordance with a set progression of chords.
3. To make or to provide from available materials: "We had an improvised dinner from what I found in the refrigerator."

To oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; to superintend; to have the oversight and direction of an activity.

1. To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence.
2. To think or infer without certain or strong evidence; to guess.
3. An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture.
4. An idea or thought of something as being possible or likely.