Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PURE'
IM-PURE', a. [Fr. impur; L. impurus; in and purus, pure.]
- Not pure; foul; feculent; tinctured; mixed or impregnated with extraneous substance; as, impure water or air; impure salt or magnesia.
- Obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
- Unchaste; lewd; unclean; as, impure actions.
- Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; as persons.
- Unhallowed; unholy; as things.
- Unclean; in a legal sense; not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses.
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