intended to teach or instuct

teaching a moral lesson

inclined to teach or moralize too much

to make clear or plain

to give explaination that makes something clear

possessing deep and extensive learning, especially learning gotten from books; learned

showing or marked by extensive learning or knowledge

to pervade or permeate as if with a dye or stain

to dye or stain intensely

to instruct in the beliefs or principles of a party, sect, or other special group

to teach a body of doctrine to

marked by a concern for minute, often unimportant and uninteresting details

making a show of scholarship or book learning