moralizing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MOR'ALIZING, participle present tense Applying to a moral purpose, or explaining in a moral sense. 1. Making moral reflections in words or writing. MOR'ALIZING, noun The application of facts to a moral purpose, or the making of moral reflections. His moralizings are always pleasant, and he does not spare, where he thinks it useful to moralize.
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