impure
impure is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is impure.
- What is defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things called?
- What is unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. "Impure desires." Cowper called?
- What is not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean called?
- What is not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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