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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
