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# moralise

verb (moralise, moralises, moralised, moralising; US spelling moralize)

«moralise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To moralise is to talk or write about right and wrong, often in a preachy way, drawing a lesson from a story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moralise/#m1)

### In the lessons

the tale-teller adds a lesson at the end, showing which act is good and which is bad

### Examples

- The teacher moralised about telling the truth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moralise/#x1)
- The old tale moralises: be kind to all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moralise/#x2)
- Don't moralise at me; I know what is right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moralise/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «moralise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moralise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«moralise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moralise.html) on Mova free.