"moralise" meaning in English

See moralise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɒ.rə.laɪz/ [UK] Forms: moralise [canonical], moralises [third-person, singular], moralised [past], moralised [past, participle], moralising [present, participle]
Etymology: moral + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|moral|ise}} moral + -ise Head templates: {{verb|moralis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you moralise, you comment on events with morals.
    Sense id: simple-moralise-en-verb-isD2nXhi Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you moralise someone, you affect the moral quality.
    Sense id: simple-moralise-en-verb-SCfnECr3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ise
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