Moralise
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of moralize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard
"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […]."
- 2 improve the morals of wordnet
- 3 speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements wordnet
- 4 interpret the moral meaning of wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […]."
Etymology
From Old French moraliser, equivalent to moral + -ise.