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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To think about or express moral judgments or reflections.
  • intransitive verb To interpret or explain the moral meaning of.
  • intransitive verb To improve the morals of; reform.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To apply to a moral purpose, or to explain in a moral sense; draw a moral from; found moral reflections on.
  • To supply with a moral or practical lesson; furnish with edifying examples.
  • To exemplify the moral of: as, to moralize a fable.
  • To render moral; give a moral character to.
  • To affect strongly the moral or religious sense of; bring into a state of intense moral or religious feeling.
  • To make moral reflections; draw practical lessons from the facts of life.
  • To have an influence, especially a beneficial influence, on morals.
  • Also spelled moralise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
  • intransitive verb to lecture to a person in a manner asserting moral principles.
  • transitive verb To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
  • transitive verb To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
  • transitive verb To render moral; to correct the morals of.
  • transitive verb To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
  • verb To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
  • verb To render moral; to correct the morals of.
  • verb To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
  • verb To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements
  • verb interpret the moral meaning of
  • verb improve the morals of

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