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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. combined with extraneous elements;

2. (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene;
- Example: "impure thoughts"

3. having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws;
- Example: "unclean meat"
- Example: "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
[syn: unclean, impure]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impure \Im*pure"\, v. t. To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impure \Im*pure"\, a. [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F. impur. See Pure.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things. [1913 Webster] 3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. "Impure desires." --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. [1913 Webster] 5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impure adj 1: combined with extraneous elements [ant: pure] 2: (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts" [ant: pure] 3: having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [syn: unclean, impure] [ant: clean]