"moralize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɒ.rə.laɪz/ [UK] Forms: moralize [canonical], moralizes [third-person, singular], moralized [past], moralized [past, participle], moralizing [present, participle]
Etymology: moral + -ize Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|moral|ize}} moral + -ize Head templates: {{verb|moraliz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you moralize, you comment on events with morals.
    Sense id: simple-moralize-en-verb-PDXc8TSI Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you moralize someone, you affect the moral quality.
    Sense id: simple-moralize-en-verb-ifL8jZVX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ize
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