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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