moralize

Meaning

Verb

• To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
• To say (something) 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.
• To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.

Origin

• From Old French moraliser