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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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