moralize

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To think about or express moral judgments or reflections.
• intransitive verb To interpret or explain the moral meaning of.
• intransitive verb To improve the morals of; reform.

from The Century Dictionary.

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

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements
• verb interpret the moral meaning of
• verb improve the morals of