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moralize upon
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improve the morals of
interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story"
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annotate
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point a moral
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sermonize
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speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes"
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deliver a lecture
,
descant
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dilate
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discourse
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discuss
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dissert
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evangelize
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point a moral
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preach
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read a lesson
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hold forth
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talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
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orate
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point a moral
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say aside
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tender
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think aloud
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think out loud
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preach
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
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address
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admonish
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advise
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catechize
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caution
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charge
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counsel
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deliver a lecture
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discourse
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issue a caveat
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missionary
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prompt
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read a lesson
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read a sermon
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remonstrate
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reprimand
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sermonize
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sermonizing
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speak
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talk
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urge
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warn
comment upon
collapse
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air
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analyze
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annotate
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commentate
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consider
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controvert
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criticize
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critique
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deal with
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debate
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deliberate
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deliberate upon
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descant
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discourse
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discourse about
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discuss
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dissert
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dissertate
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edit
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examine
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exchange views
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gloss
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investigate
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pass under review
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rap
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reason
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reason about
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reason the point
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review
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talk
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talk about
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talk of
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talk over
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touch upon
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treat
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treat of
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ventilate
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write up
criticize
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act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
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annotate
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appraise
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assess
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attack
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blame
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blast
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carp at
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carper
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castigate
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censure
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comment upon
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condemn
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criticizer
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critique
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denounce
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denunciate
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descant
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disapprove of
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discourse
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discuss
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dissert
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estimate
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evaluate
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faultfinder
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fulminate against
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go into
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inquire into
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judge
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knock
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momus
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pan
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pull to pieces
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put down
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rap
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remark upon
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reprehend
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reprobate
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review
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roast
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scathe
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skin
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slam
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slate
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snipe at
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survey
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take to task
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take up
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touch upon
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treat
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treat of
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value
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write up
expound
collapse
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account for
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allegorize
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clarify
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clear up
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comment
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crack
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decipher
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delineate
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demonstrate
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demythologize
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describe
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discourse
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euhemerize
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exemplify
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explain
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explain away
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explicate
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express
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give reason for
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give the meaning
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harangue
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hold forth
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interpret
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make plain
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moralize
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point a moral
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popularize
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preach
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present
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rationalize
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read a lesson
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shed light upon
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show
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simplify
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solve
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spell out
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state
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throw light upon
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unfold
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unlock
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unravel
harangue
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a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
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address
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after-dinner speech
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assignment
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chalk talk
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debate
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forensic
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forensic address
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formal speech
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instruction
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orate
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oration
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prepared speech
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public speech
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read
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salutatory address
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set speech
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valediction
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valedictory
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valedictory address
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vituperate
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vituperation
lecture
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teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
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address
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admonish
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admonishment
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admonition
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assignment
,
berate
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berating
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bring to book
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call to account
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castigation
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chastisement
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chew out
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chiding
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correct
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deliver a lecture
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discourse
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dissertation
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dress down
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dressing-down
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exposit
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exposition
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harangue
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have words with
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hold forth
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lecture-demonstration
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moral lesson
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morality
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orate
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rail at
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rate
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rating
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read a lesson
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read a sermon
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rebuke
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recital
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recitation
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religious discourse
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remonstration
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reprehend
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reprehension
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reprimand
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reproach
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reprobation
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reproof
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reproval
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reprove
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scold
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scolding
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screed
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sermon
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sermonette
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sermonize
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set down
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speech
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task
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teaching
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tell off
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tongue-lash
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tongue-lashing
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travelogue
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treatise
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upbraid
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upbraiding
,
warn
,
wig
explain
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make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"
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absolve
,
account
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account for
,
acquit
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aid
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allegorize
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analyze
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answer
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bottom
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break down
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clarify
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clear
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clear the way
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clear up
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condone
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crack
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cry sour grapes
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debug
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decipher
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decode
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define
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delineate
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demonstrate
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demythologize
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describe
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destigmatize
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detail
,
disclose
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discourse
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disentangle
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divine
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do
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do justice to
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dope
,
dope out
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ease
,
elucidate
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enlighten
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euhemerize
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exculpate
,
excuse
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exemplify
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exonerate
,
expedite
,
explain away
,
explicate
,
exposit
,
expound
,
extenuate
,
facilitate
,
fathom
,
figure out
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
get
,
get across
,
get over
,
get right
,
give reason for
,
give the meaning
,
grease
,
grease the ways
,
grease the wheels
,
guess
,
guess right
,
harangue
,
hasten
,
have it
,
help along
,
hit it
,
hold forth
,
illuminate
,
illustrate
,
interpret
,
justify
,
lecture
,
legitimate
,
legitimatize
,
loose
,
lubricate
,
make clear
,
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,
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,
make plain
,
make way for
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moralize
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oil
,
open the lock
,
open the way
,
open up
,
palliate
,
pave the way
,
plumb
,
point a moral
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popularize
,
preach
,
prepare the way
,
psych
,
psych out
,
purge
,
put across
,
put over
,
puzzle out
,
quicken
,
rationalize
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
read a lesson
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstate
,
remove friction
,
resolve
,
restore
,
riddle
,
run interference for
,
sermonize
,
shed light upon
,
show
,
show how
,
show the way
,
simplify
,
smooth
,
smooth the way
,
soap the ways
,
solve
,
sort out
,
speed
,
spell out
,
throw light upon
,
unbar
,
unblock
,
unclog
,
undo
,
unfold
,
unjam
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unscramble
,
untangle
,
untwist
,
unweave
,
vindicate
,
vulgarize
,
warrant
,
work
,
work out
censure
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harsh criticism or disapproval
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accuse
,
anathema
,
anathematize
,
anathematizing
,
anathemize
,
animadvert on
,
annotate
,
approval
,
arraign
,
arraignment
,
aspersion
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bend sinister
,
bespatter
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blacken
,
blacklist
,
blame
,
blot
,
blow upon
,
blur
,
book review
,
brand
,
bring home to
,
broad arrow
,
call to account
,
cast blame upon
,
cast reflection upon
,
castigation
,
champain
,
citation
,
comment
,
complain against
,
condemn
,
condemnation
,
contemn
,
convict
,
conviction
,
criminate
,
critical bibliography
,
critical journal
,
critical notice
,
criticism
,
criticize
,
critique
,
cry down
,
cry out against
,
cry out on
,
cry shame upon
,
damn
,
damnation
,
death sentence
,
death warrant
,
decrial
,
decry
,
defame
,
defile
,
denounce
,
denouncement
,
denunciate
,
denunciation
,
disallow
,
disapprove
,
disdain
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
doom
,
excommunicate
,
excommunication
,
excoriation
,
expose
,
expose to infamy
,
find guilty
,
flaying
,
fulminate against
,
fulmination
,
fustigation
,
gibbet
,
guilty verdict
,
hang in effigy
,
impeach
,
impeachment
,
implicate
,
implication
,
impugn
,
impugnment
,
imputation
,
incriminate
,
incrimination
,
inculpate
,
inculpation
,
indict
,
indictment
,
inveigh against
,
involve
,
involvement
,
judgment
,
knock
,
literary criticism
,
mark of Cain
,
moralize upon
,
notice
,
onus
,
oppose
,
pass sentence on
,
penalize
,
pillory
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
pronounce judgment
,
pronounce sentence
,
proscribe
,
proscription
,
rap
,
rebuke
,
reflect upon
,
reflection
,
reject
,
report
,
reprehend
,
reprehension
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
reprobate
,
reprobation
,
reprove
,
review
,
scorn
,
scout
,
sentence
,
shake up
,
skin
,
skinning alive
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
soil
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stigmatize
,
strafe
,
stricture
,
sully
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
verdict of guilty
,
vilify
discourse
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extended verbal expression in speech or writing
to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The article covered all the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"
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accents
,
act
,
address
,
air
,
amplify
,
analyze
,
argue
,
article
,
assignment
,
bandy words
,
canvass
,
causerie
,
chalk talk
,
chatter
,
chew the fat
,
chew the rag
,
chin
,
colloque
,
colloquial discourse
,
colloquize
,
colloquy
,
comment
,
comment upon
,
commentate
,
commerce with
,
commune with
,
communicate
,
communicate with
,
communication
,
communion
,
confab
,
confabulate
,
consider
,
controvert
,
conversation
,
converse
,
converse with
,
conversing
,
criticize
,
deal with
,
debate
,
deduction
,
deductive reasoning
,
deliberate
,
deliberate upon
,
deliver an address
,
demonstration
,
descant
,
develop
,
dilate
,
discourse about
,
discourse of reason
,
discourse with
,
discursive reason
,
discuss
,
discussion
,
dispute
,
disquisition
,
dissert
,
dissertate
,
dissertation
,
do
,
elaborate
,
elocution
,
enact
,
enlarge
,
essay
,
etude
,
examination
,
examine
,
exchange
,
exchange views
,
excursus
,
exercise
,
expand
,
expatiate
,
explain
,
exposit
,
exposition
,
expound
,
feature
,
first approach
,
gab
,
give a talk
,
give-and-take
,
go into
,
handle
,
harangue
,
hold forth
,
homework
,
homily
,
impersonate
,
induction
,
inductive reasoning
,
inquire into
,
instruction
,
intercourse
,
interlocution
,
introductory study
,
investigate
,
knock around
,
language
,
lecture
,
lecture-demonstration
,
lesson
,
logical thought
,
lucubration
,
memoir
,
monograph
,
moral
,
moral lesson
,
morality
,
moralization
,
moralize
,
morceau
,
note
,
object lesson
,
oral communication
,
orate
,
outline
,
palaver
,
pandect
,
paper
,
paragraph
,
parole
,
pass under review
,
perform
,
perorate
,
personate
,
philosophy
,
piece
,
platform
,
play
,
playact
,
point a moral
,
prattle
,
preach
,
preachification
,
preaching
,
preachment
,
prelection
,
preliminary study
,
prolegomenon
,
proof
,
rap
,
rapping
,
ratiocination
,
rationalism
,
rationality
,
rationalization
,
rationalizing
,
read a lesson
,
reason
,
reason about
,
reason the point
,
reasonableness
,
reasoning
,
recital
,
recitation
,
religious discourse
,
remark
,
remark upon
,
research paper
,
review
,
rhetoric
,
screed
,
sermon
,
sermonette
,
sermonize
,
set task
,
shoot the breeze
,
sift
,
sketch
,
skull session
,
soapbox
,
sophistry
,
speak
,
speak with
,
speaking
,
special article
,
specious reasoning
,
speech
,
speechify
,
study
,
stump
,
survey
,
sweet reason
,
take counsel with
,
take the floor
,
take the stump
,
take up
,
talk
,
talk about
,
talk of
,
talk over
,
talk together
,
talking
,
task
,
teaching
,
term paper
,
theme
,
thesis
,
thresh out
,
touch upon
,
tract
,
tractate
,
travelogue
,
treat
,
treat of
,
treatise
,
treatment
,
utterance
,
ventilate
,
verbal intercourse
,
verbalization
,
visit with
,
voice
,
words
,
write up
,
yakkety-yak
,
yakking
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