3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impure \Im*pure"\, a. [L. impurus pref. im- not + purus pure:
cf F. impur. See {Pure}.]
1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing
something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or
impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as impure
water or air; impure drugs, food, etc
2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of
persons or things
3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as impure language or
ideas. ``Impure desires.'' --Cowper.
4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of
Moses; unclean.
5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as impure Latin;
an impure style.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impure \Im*pure"\, v. t.
To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
impure
adj 1: combined with extraneous elements [ant: {pure}]
2: used of persons or behaviors; not morally pure; "impure
thoughts" [ant: {pure}]
3: (religion) ritually unclean or impure; "and the swine...is
unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [syn: {unclean}] [ant: {clean}]
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