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moralizing


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moralize  \Mor"al*ize\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Moralized};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Moralizing}.]  [Cf.  F.  moraliser.] 
  1.  To  apply  to  a  moral  purpose;  to  explain  in  a  moral  sense 
  to  draw  a  moral  from 
 
  This  fable  is  moralized  in  a  common  proverb. 
  --L'Estrange. 
 
  Did  he  not  moralize  this  spectacle?  --Shak. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  3.  To  render  moral;  to  correct  the  morals  of 
 
  It  had  a  large  share  in  moralizing  the  poor  white 
  people  of  the  country.  --D.  Ramsay. 
 
  4.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  moralizing 
  n  :  the  exposition  (often  superficially)  of  a  particular  moral 
  code 




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