<p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To explain in a moral sense, or draw a moral from.</li><li>To improve the morals of.</li></ul>