moralizev.

Brit.

/ˈmɒrəlʌɪz/,

/ˈmɒrl̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrəˌlaɪz/

Forms: late Middle English moraluse, late Middle English moralyze, late Middle English morellize, late Middle English 1700s– moralise, late Middle English–1500s moralyse, late Middle English– moralize, 1500s–1600s morallize, 1600s morralize.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French moraliser; Latin moralizare.

Etymology: Partly < Middle French moraliser to interpret allegorically, to speak allegorically (14th cent.; earlier in past participle moralisé : see moralized adj.; 16th cent. in senses ‘to present allegorically’, ‘to make moral commentaries on’; late 16th cent. in sense ‘to make moral’) < moral moral adj. + -iser -ize suffix, and partly < post-classical Latin moralizare to interpret morally (from 1344 in British sources, from 15th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin mōrālis (see moral adj.) + post-classical Latin -izare -ize suffix. Compare Italian moralizzare (a1406 in sense ‘to make (someone) conform to moral principles’), Portuguese moralizar (15th cent.), Spanish moralizar (18th cent.).

1. transitive. To interpret morally or symbolically; to explain the moral meaning of (an event, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > interpret morally

moralize?c1425

morala1618

improve1628

?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1897) l. 2111 (MED) There is a booke..That ‘the Chesse moralised’ cleped is.

a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 25 A morellizith þe same oþ þis maner wyse. Be þis twey wommen..ben vndirstond þe twey testamentis.

a1500 ( Nightingale (Corpus Oxf.) Pref., in O. Glauning Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1900) 1 This [fable of the nightingale] ys moralysyd vn-to Cryste.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 18 My leisure will scarsely serue, to moralize Fables of Beares, Apes, and Foxes: (some men can giue a shrewd gesse at a courtly allegory).

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. i. 83 Thus like the formall vice iniquity, I morallize two meanings in one word.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 465 Some doe moralize it; that by boring the eare is signified [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 44 But what said Iaques? Did he not moralize this spectacle?

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxxviii. 286 This Fable is Moraliz'd in the Holy Gospel it self.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo x, in Wks. (1721) III. 293 The Herd of Gods, which his Olympus stor'd, He mean'd, should moraliz'd be, not ador'd.

1768 J. Trusler (title) Hogarth Moralized. Being a complete edition of Hogarth's Works. Containing near fourscore copperplates.

1841 R. C. Trench Parables (1877) xii. 245 Christ moralizes the whole parable..with those solemn words, ‘For many are called, but few are chosen’.

1976 Amer. Notes & Queries 15 18/2 Medieval and Renaissance mythographers normally moralize Narcissus as the man who wastes himself in pursuing worldly goods.

†2.

a. transitive. To supply (a narrative) with a moral or a subject for moralizing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > supply poem with moral

moralize1558

1558 (a1456) J. Shirley in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 197/1 His rymyng is so moralysed that hym aught well be solempnysed of all oure engelishe nacion.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. Proem sig. A2 Fierce warres and faithfull loues shall moralize my song.

1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen i And with his Prince's Arms He moraliz'd his Song.

1735 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot (new ed.) 323 He stoop'd to Truth, and moraliz'd his song.

1754 T. Warton Observ. Faery Queen of Spenser 228 Gower and Chaucer were reputed the first English poets, because they first introduced invention into our poetry; they moralized their Song, and strove to render virtue more amiable.

b. transitive. Of an incident, event, etc.: to exemplify the moral of (a fable, saying, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > be type of [verb (transitive)]

betokenc1175

bysenc1325

bodea1387

resemblea1393

figure1401

figurate?1548

moralize1597

typify1635

type1831

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas ix. 120 Nay, but there shalbe a king over vs; yet it may be, when they haue their wish, the fable wilbe moralized, and verified vpon them; A storke was giuen them.

1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §4 That which is said of the Elephant,..we see well moralized in men of euill conscience.

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Eagle & Body sig. B2 I speake..onely to shewe how it doth moralize this Prouerbe, That where the Body is, the Eagles will Resort.

c. transitive. To make (something) the subject of an allegory; to symbolize. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > express with figure of meaning [verb (transitive)] > express allegorically

parabolize1602

parable1644

moralize1652

1652 Persuasive to Compliance 12 Not sparing Jupiter himselfe, whom they chalenge to have wrested the Celestiall Monarchy from his Father Saturne: (in which is morallized the unnaturalnesse of Ambition).

3. transitive. To make moral; to give a moral quality to or affect the moral quality of (actions, feelings, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > give moral quality to [verb (transitive)]

moralize1592

ethicize1836

1592 J. Lyly Gallathea iii. iii. sig. E2 Astro. Thy thoughts shall be metamorphosed, and made haile fellowes with the Gods. Rafe. O fortune. I feele my very braines moralized.

1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse 121 God..seldome bringeth a man from the wretchednesse of forlorn nature,..but..by his restraining grace..he doth correct nature, and moralize it.

1647 R. Cudworth Serm. 1 Cor. xv. 57 (1676) 93 Such other laws and circumstances as moralize humane actions.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 83 Good and bad Stars moralize not our Actions.

1762 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 86/2 To raise the thoughts and moralize the mind.

1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism v. 77 When moralized by the social feeling it [sc. the natural feeling of retaliation] only acts in the directions conformable to the general good.

1987 F. Mort Dangerous Sexualities 156 The natural world..was moralized to carry the significations of goodness, health and social harmony.

4. transitive. To improve the morals of (a person or people).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > make morally better

bettereOE

moralize1633

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 106 If Stage-playes doe onely discover Vices for to make them odious, then those lascivious Pagans who most delighted in them, should have beene meliorated and morralized by them.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 122 Henry the first..being trained up..in the English garb, moralized by learning, and now admitted into the Throne.

1723 L. Welsted Steele's Consc. Lovers Prol. 'Tis yours with Breeding..To Chasten Wit, and Moralize the Stage.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1882) xxii. 217 For the communication of pleasure is the introductory means by which alone the poet must expect to moralize his readers.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 207 Was any man, who saw the show, [sc. the execution of a murderer] deterred..or moralized in any way?

1891 W. J. Greenstreet tr. J. M. Guyau Educ. & Heredity 96 Not only individuals, but whole races are moralised or demoralised.

1970 O. Chadwick Victorian Church II. 300 Can you moralise them and civilise them without having religion at the bottom of it?

a. intransitive. To indulge in moral discussion; to draw a moral lesson from an event, etc.; to expound on (also upon) a subject moralistically.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > indulge in moral reflections [verb (intransitive)]

moralize1649

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (intransitive)] > moralize

moral1608

moralize1649

to point a moral1749

1649 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Georgics (1684) i. 51 (note) Seneca takes occasion thus to morallize: The Land..is divided into Regions..; the Chief Good hath its place too.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccclxxxix. 362 The Pretended Criminal began now to Moralize upon the Story.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 170. ⁋5 I know you came Abroad only to Moralize and make Observations.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 70 She was grave and gay by turns—she moralized and methodized—she laughed, and romped, [etc.].

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab i. 2 A gloomy theme, On which the lightest heart might moralize.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 343 No one can moralize better after a misfortune has taken place.

1886 R. Kipling Giffen's Debt in Departmental Ditties (ed. 2) 60 So we said He was a victim to the Demon Drink, And moralized upon him.

1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara iii. in John Bull's Other Island 282 I moralized and starved until one day I swore that I would be a full-fed free man at all costs.

1950 R. Davies At Heart's Core 40 I thoroughly enjoy having a gentleman about the place to moralize and utter weighty apophthegms while I do as I please.

1988 R. Lefever How to combat Alcoholism & Addiction 25 As an ideal general principle, doctors do not moralise but simply deal with the medical condition or consequence in the patient in front of them.

†b. transitive. To change the condition or attitude of (a person or thing) by moral discussion. With into, out of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > give moral quality to [verb (transitive)] > change by moral discourse or reflection

moralize1722

1722 J. Mitchell Epist. Death Sir D. Dalrymple 9 Nor is it Rudeness for the Friendly Muse To moralize Affliction into Use.

1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 274 Whom he very anxiously tries to moralize into philosophy and tranquillity.

1807 Salmagundi 1 Oct. 311 In a similar humour was Launcelot at present, and I knew the only way was to let him moralize himself out of it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moralize
释义	moralizev. Brit. /ˈmɒrəlʌɪz/, /ˈmɒrl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɔrəˌlaɪz/ Forms: late Middle English moraluse, late Middle English moralyze, late Middle English morellize, late Middle English 1700s– moralise, late Middle English–1500s moralyse, late Middle English– moralize, 1500s–1600s morallize, 1600s morralize. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French moraliser; Latin moralizare. Etymology: Partly < Middle French moraliser to interpret allegorically, to speak allegorically (14th cent.; earlier in past participle moralisé : see moralized adj.; 16th cent. in senses ‘to present allegorically’, ‘to make moral commentaries on’; late 16th cent. in sense ‘to make moral’) < moral moral adj. + -iser -ize suffix, and partly < post-classical Latin moralizare to interpret morally (from 1344 in British sources, from 15th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin mōrālis (see moral adj.) + post-classical Latin -izare -ize suffix. Compare Italian moralizzare (a1406 in sense ‘to make (someone) conform to moral principles’), Portuguese moralizar (15th cent.), Spanish moralizar (18th cent.). 1. transitive. To interpret morally or symbolically; to explain the moral meaning of (an event, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > interpret morally moralize?c1425 morala1618 improve1628 ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1897) l. 2111 (MED) There is a booke..That ‘the Chesse moralised’ cleped is. a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 25 A morellizith þe same oþ þis maner wyse. Be þis twey wommen..ben vndirstond þe twey testamentis. a1500 ( Nightingale (Corpus Oxf.) Pref., in O. Glauning Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1900) 1 This [fable of the nightingale] ys moralysyd vn-to Cryste. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 18 My leisure will scarsely serue, to moralize Fables of Beares, Apes, and Foxes: (some men can giue a shrewd gesse at a courtly allegory). 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. i. 83 Thus like the formall vice iniquity, I morallize two meanings in one word. View more context for this quotation 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 465 Some doe moralize it; that by boring the eare is signified [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 44 But what said Iaques? Did he not moralize this spectacle? View more context for this quotation 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxxviii. 286 This Fable is Moraliz'd in the Holy Gospel it self. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo x, in Wks. (1721) III. 293 The Herd of Gods, which his Olympus stor'd, He mean'd, should moraliz'd be, not ador'd. 1768 J. Trusler (title) Hogarth Moralized. Being a complete edition of Hogarth's Works. Containing near fourscore copperplates. 1841 R. C. Trench Parables (1877) xii. 245 Christ moralizes the whole parable..with those solemn words, ‘For many are called, but few are chosen’. 1976 Amer. Notes & Queries 15 18/2 Medieval and Renaissance mythographers normally moralize Narcissus as the man who wastes himself in pursuing worldly goods. †2. a. transitive. To supply (a narrative) with a moral or a subject for moralizing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > supply poem with moral moralize1558 1558 (a1456) J. Shirley in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 197/1 His rymyng is so moralysed that hym aught well be solempnysed of all oure engelishe nacion. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. Proem sig. A2 Fierce warres and faithfull loues shall moralize my song. 1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen i And with his Prince's Arms He moraliz'd his Song. 1735 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot (new ed.) 323 He stoop'd to Truth, and moraliz'd his song. 1754 T. Warton Observ. Faery Queen of Spenser 228 Gower and Chaucer were reputed the first English poets, because they first introduced invention into our poetry; they moralized their Song, and strove to render virtue more amiable. b. transitive. Of an incident, event, etc.: to exemplify the moral of (a fable, saying, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > be type of [verb (transitive)] betokenc1175 bysenc1325 bodea1387 resemblea1393 figure1401 figurate?1548 moralize1597 typify1635 type1831 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas ix. 120 Nay, but there shalbe a king over vs; yet it may be, when they haue their wish, the fable wilbe moralized, and verified vpon them; A storke was giuen them. 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §4 That which is said of the Elephant,..we see well moralized in men of euill conscience. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Eagle & Body sig. B2 I speake..onely to shewe how it doth moralize this Prouerbe, That where the Body is, the Eagles will Resort. c. transitive. To make (something) the subject of an allegory; to symbolize. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > express with figure of meaning [verb (transitive)] > express allegorically parabolize1602 parable1644 moralize1652 1652 Persuasive to Compliance 12 Not sparing Jupiter himselfe, whom they chalenge to have wrested the Celestiall Monarchy from his Father Saturne: (in which is morallized the unnaturalnesse of Ambition). 3. transitive. To make moral; to give a moral quality to or affect the moral quality of (actions, feelings, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > morality > give moral quality to [verb (transitive)] moralize1592 ethicize1836 1592 J. Lyly Gallathea iii. iii. sig. E2 Astro. Thy thoughts shall be metamorphosed, and made haile fellowes with the Gods. Rafe. O fortune. I feele my very braines moralized. 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse 121 God..seldome bringeth a man from the wretchednesse of forlorn nature,..but..by his restraining grace..he doth correct nature, and moralize it. 1647 R. Cudworth Serm. 1 Cor. xv. 57 (1676) 93 Such other laws and circumstances as moralize humane actions. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 83 Good and bad Stars moralize not our Actions. 1762 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 86/2 To raise the thoughts and moralize the mind. 1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism v. 77 When moralized by the social feeling it [sc. the natural feeling of retaliation] only acts in the directions conformable to the general good. 1987 F. Mort Dangerous Sexualities 156 The natural world..was moralized to carry the significations of goodness, health and social harmony. 4. transitive. To improve the morals of (a person or people). ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > make morally better bettereOE moralize1633 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 106 If Stage-playes doe onely discover Vices for to make them odious, then those lascivious Pagans who most delighted in them, should have beene meliorated and morralized by them. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 122 Henry the first..being trained up..in the English garb, moralized by learning, and now admitted into the Throne. 1723 L. Welsted Steele's Consc. Lovers Prol. 'Tis yours with Breeding..To Chasten Wit, and Moralize the Stage. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1882) xxii. 217 For the communication of pleasure is the introductory means by which alone the poet must expect to moralize his readers. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 207 Was any man, who saw the show, [sc. the execution of a murderer] deterred..or moralized in any way? 1891 W. J. Greenstreet tr. J. M. Guyau Educ. & Heredity 96 Not only individuals, but whole races are moralised or demoralised. 1970 O. Chadwick Victorian Church II. 300 Can you moralise them and civilise them without having religion at the bottom of it? 5. a. intransitive. To indulge in moral discussion; to draw a moral lesson from an event, etc.; to expound on (also upon) a subject moralistically. ΘΚΠ society > morality > indulge in moral reflections [verb (intransitive)] moralize1649 society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (intransitive)] > moralize moral1608 moralize1649 to point a moral1749 1649 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Georgics (1684) i. 51 (note) Seneca takes occasion thus to morallize: The Land..is divided into Regions..; the Chief Good hath its place too. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccclxxxix. 362 The Pretended Criminal began now to Moralize upon the Story. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 170. ⁋5 I know you came Abroad only to Moralize and make Observations. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 70 She was grave and gay by turns—she moralized and methodized—she laughed, and romped, [etc.]. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab i. 2 A gloomy theme, On which the lightest heart might moralize. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 343 No one can moralize better after a misfortune has taken place. 1886 R. Kipling Giffen's Debt in Departmental Ditties (ed. 2) 60 So we said He was a victim to the Demon Drink, And moralized upon him. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara iii. in John Bull's Other Island 282 I moralized and starved until one day I swore that I would be a full-fed free man at all costs. 1950 R. Davies At Heart's Core 40 I thoroughly enjoy having a gentleman about the place to moralize and utter weighty apophthegms while I do as I please. 1988 R. Lefever How to combat Alcoholism & Addiction 25 As an ideal general principle, doctors do not moralise but simply deal with the medical condition or consequence in the patient in front of them. †b. transitive. To change the condition or attitude of (a person or thing) by moral discussion. With into, out of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > give moral quality to [verb (transitive)] > change by moral discourse or reflection moralize1722 1722 J. Mitchell Epist. Death Sir D. Dalrymple 9 Nor is it Rudeness for the Friendly Muse To moralize Affliction into Use. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 274 Whom he very anxiously tries to moralize into philosophy and tranquillity. 1807 Salmagundi 1 Oct. 311 In a similar humour was Launcelot at present, and I knew the only way was to let him moralize himself out of it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?c1425
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