| Definitions | | impure |
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verb (impur, ing)
- (transitive) (obsolete) To defile; to pollute.
adjective
- 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.
- The gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
- defile, Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
- unchaste, Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
Translations: - Dutch: onzuiver
- French: impur ,
- French, impure
- German: unrein
- Italian: impuro , impura
- Spanish: impuro , impura
Etymology: From impurus
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