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What does moralize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word moralize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
  2. (transitive) To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
  3. (transitive) To render moral; to correct the morals of.
  4. (transitive) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
  5. (intransitive) To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
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At Nuremberg, Rundstedt interpreted his military role as being to execute orders to the best of his ability, but never to moralize to his superior.
It is easy for persons with plenty of money to moralize on the shortcomings of others.
We will not stop the reader to moralize on this disastrous event.
Instead, Comte sought to moralize one and all, a cure for humanity not for one class at the expense of another.
Outlaw, really, your attempting to moralize instinct, and so far the only thing I can see your achieving is contempt for the many that helps no one.
Only with regret can a writer forbear to moralize on this subject.

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