Definition for IM-PURE'

IM-PURE', a. [Fr. impur; L. impurus; in and purus, pure.]

  1. Not pure; foul; feculent; tinctured; mixed or impregnated with extraneous substance; as, impure water or air; impure salt or magnesia.
  2. Obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
  3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; as, impure actions.
  4. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; as persons.
  5. Unhallowed; unholy; as things.
  6. Unclean; in a legal sense; not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses.

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