Moralise
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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
Example
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.
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