What does "impure" mean?
Impure: Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
Additional senses
- 2.Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. "Impure desires." Cowper.
- 3.(Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
- 4.(Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.
- 5.To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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