What does "moralize" mean?
Moralize: To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to. While chastening thoughts of sweetest use, bestowed By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road. Wordsworth.
Additional senses
- 2.To render moral; to correct the morals of. It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country. D. Ramsay.
- 3.To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse. Good and bad stars moralize not our actions. Sir T. Browne.
- 4.To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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