Impure

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1. 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.

2. Adjective

Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.

3. Adjective

Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.

4. Adjective

Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.

5. Adjective

Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.

6. Verb

To defile; to pollute.
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