Meaning of IMPURE
| Pronunciation: | | im'pyûr
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- [adj] (religion) ritually unclean or impure; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
- [adj] used of persons or behaviors; not morally pure; "impure thoughts"
- [adj] combined with extraneous elements
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| | Synonyms: | | adulterate, adulterated, alloyed, bastardised, bastardized, composite, contaminated, debased, defiled, dingy, maculate, muddied, muddy, nonkosher, polluted, terefah, tref, unclean, unpurified, untouchable |
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| | Antonyms: | | clean, pure | | |
| | See Also: | | dirty, impure, soiled, unchaste, unprocessed | |
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| | Definition: | | Impure
Like a politicized Whitman with a yen for Zen, the author of this debut volume of poems looks at everything--washing machines, the mail, cancer, grapes--as a possible subject for poetry, at times taking an almost erotic interest in the world and at others feeling an environmentalist`s horror at its waste. In addition to these poems, the author has written scholarly books on Chinese literature. more details ... |
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\Im*pure"\, a. [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure:
cf. F. impur. See {Pure}.]
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.
2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of
persons or things.
3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or
ideas. ``Impure desires.'' --Cowper.
4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of
Moses; unclean.
5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin;
an impure style.
\Im*pure"\, v. t.
To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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