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moralize | russia |

As a verb moralize

is to apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

As a proper noun Russia is

a country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Co-official name - Russian Federation, formerly the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), Capital and largest city Moscow

moralize

English

Verb

  • To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
  • * L'Estrange
  • This fable is moralized in a common proverb.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Did he not moralize this spectacle?
  • To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
  • * Wordsworth
  • While chastening thoughts of sweetest use, bestowed / By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road.
  • To render moral; to correct the morals of.
  • * D. Ramsay
  • It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country.
  • To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
  • Good and bad stars moralize not our actions.
  • To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
  • russia

    English

    (wikipedia Russia)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Co-official name - Russian Federation,'' formerly the ''Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic'' (RSFSR), Capital and largest city ''Moscow
  • (historical, informal) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
  • (historical) The Russian Empire.
  • (historical, dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.
  • (dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from the Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia or Kievan Russia).
  • *1842 , George Eliot, "Letter to Cara Bray", Selections from George Eliot's letters , page 24:
  • Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias – the empire over self.

    Derived terms

    * Black Russia * Great Russia * Kievan Russia * Little Russia * Mother Russia * New Russia * Russia calf * Russia iron * Russia leather * Russia linen * Russia mat * Russia matting * Russian * White Russia

    See also

    * * * Former Soviet Union * Former USSR * Soviet Union (historical) * USSR (historical) * English words suffixed with -ia ----