moralize

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1. 1.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.
2. 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. 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. 4.To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to render moral; to correct the morals of. It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country. D. Ramsay called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral called?