vers-, vert-, -verse, -version, -version, -versation, -versary, -vert, vort-, vors-
(Latin: bend, turn)
advert
To turn attention to or to make reference to something.
advertence
advertency
advertent
advertently
adverter
advertise
advertisement
advertiser
advertising
1. Announcing or praising (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it.
2. Providing information to the public about something; announcing publicly in a newspaper, on radio or television, etc.
advertive
ambiversion
1. A personality pattern that has characteristics of both introversion and extroversion.
2. A balance of introversion and extroversion.
animadversive
1. Being critical, censuring, or making a censorious comment.
2. Obsolete, having the power or capability of perceiving.
animadversiveness
The state or quality of being animadversive or a severely critical or censorious remark.
animadvert
1. To remark or comment critically, usually with strong disapproval.
2. To turn the mind or attention to, pay attention or attend to; to observe.
Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn":
diversi-;
diverticul-;
flect-, flex-;
gyro-;
meand-;
-plex;
streph-;
stroph-;
tors-;
tropo-;
verg-;
volv-.
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