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English

Etymology

From Latin impurus

Pronunciation

Adjective

impure (comparative more impure, superlative most impure)

  1. 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.
    The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
  2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
  3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.

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Verb

to impure (third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured)

  1. (transitive) (obsolete) To defile; to [pollute].

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French

Adjective

impure f.

  1. Feminine of impur

Italian

Adjective

impure pl.

  1. Feminine form of impuro.

 

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