moralize

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Synonyms: oralize, moralise, mortalize, morality, mobilize, vocalize, morale, normalize, formalize, demoralize, moralist

Antonyms: oralize, moralise, mortalize, morality, mobilize, vocalize, morale, normalize, formalize, demoralize, moralist

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make moral reflections (''on, upon,'' ''about'' or ''over'' something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[say]] (something) expressing a moral reflection or judgment.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To apply to a [[moral]] purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.<ref>{{w|Thomas Blount (lexicographer)|Thomas Blount}}, ''Glossographia,'' London: George Sawbridge, 1661: “''Moralize'' {{...}} to expound morally, to give a moral sence unto.”^{[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28464.0001.001]}</ref><ref>{{w|Elisha Coles}}, ''An English Dictionary,'' London: Peter Parker, 1677: “''Moralize,'' to give the ''Moral sence of a thing,''”^{[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33754.0001.001]}</ref>
6. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.

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