moralise en · VERB
Etymology
From Old French moraliser, equivalent to moral + -ise.
Meanings
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(UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of moralize.
alt of moralize
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| moralised | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| moralised | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| moralising | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| moralises | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |