MOR'ALIZE, v.t. 1. To apply to a moral purpose, or to explain in a moral sense. This fable is moralized in a common proverb. Did he not moralize this spectacle?2. To furnish with manners or examples.3. To render moral or virtuous; to correct the morals of. It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country.[This sense, though the most strictly etymological, is rare, or to make moral reflections.MOR'ALIZE, v.i. To speak or write on moral subjects, or to make moral reflections.
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