moralize

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To think about or express moral judgments or reflections.
2. v. To interpret or explain the moral meaning of.
3. v. To improve the morals of; reform.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To apply to a moral purpose, or to explain in a moral sense; draw a moral from; found moral reflections on.
2. To supply with a moral or practical lesson; furnish with edifying examples.
3. To exemplify the moral of: as, to moralize a fable.
4. To render moral; give a moral character to.
5. To affect strongly the moral or religious sense of; bring into a state of intense moral or religious feeling.
6. To make moral reflections; draw practical lessons from the facts of life.
7. To have an influence, especially a beneficial influence, on morals.
8. Also spelled moralise.

Wiktionary

1. v. To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
2. v. To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
3. v. To render moral; to correct the morals of.
4. v. To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
5. v. To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
2. v. To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
3. v. To render moral; to correct the morals of.
4. v. To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
5. v. To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
6. v. to lecture to a person in a manner asserting moral principles.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements
2. v. interpret the moral meaning of
3. v. improve the morals of