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Word: impure (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
  • 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.
  • Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.

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Verb:

  • transitive obsolete To defile; to [pollute].

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