English-Finnish translations for moralize

Definition of moralize

  • To make moral reflections ; to regard acts and events as involving a moral
  • To say expressing a moral reflection or judgment
  • To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to
  • To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse
  • To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from., ''Glossographia,'London: George Sawbridge, 1661: “''Moralize' to expound morally, to give a moral sence unto.”[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28464.0001.001], ''An English Dictionary,'London: Peter Parker, 1677: “''Moralize,'to give the ''Moral sence of a thing,''”[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33754.0001.001]
  • To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to

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