English edit

Etymology edit

See advertise, -ize.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

advertize (third-person singular simple present advertizes, present participle advertizing, simple past and past participle advertized)

  1. (archaic, now nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise

Usage notes edit

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.

Derived terms edit