Definition of Impure

  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
  • (a.) Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
  • (a.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
  • (a.) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.
  • (v. t.) To defile; to pollute.

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