From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moralize \Mor"al*ize\ (m[o^]r"al*[imac]z), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Moralized} (m[o^]r"al*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Moralizing} (m[o^]r"al*[imac]*z[i^]ng).] [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moralize \Mor"al*ize\, verb (used without an object)
1. To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
2. to lecture to a person in a manner asserting moral principles.
Syn: sermonize, preachify, moralise. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story" [syn: {moralise}]
2: speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes" [syn: {sermonize}, {sermonise}, {preachify}, {moralise}]
3: improve the morals of [syn: {moralise}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "moralize": annotate, censure, criticize, critique, discourse, explain, exposit, expound, harangue, hold forth, lecture, moralize upon, point a moral, pontificate, preach, preachify, read a lesson, review, sermonize
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