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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Impure

/ĭmˌ-pyo͝or'/ · Im·pure · IPA /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/
01 a. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances;…
  1. 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. 2.
    Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
  3. 3.
    Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
  4. 4.
    Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.(Script.)
  5. 5.
    Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.(Language)
02 v. t. To defile; to pollute.
  1. 1.
    To defile; to pollute.[Obs.]