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Webster 1913 Edition

Impure

Im-pure′

,
Adj.
[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′

,
Verb.
T.
To defile; to pollute.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition

Impure

IMPU'RE

,
Adj.
[L. impurus; in and purus, pure.]
1.
Not pure; foul; feculent; tinctured; mixed or impregnated with extraneous substance; as impure water or air; impure salt or magnesia.
2.
Obscene; as impure language or ideas.
3.
Unchaste; lewd; unclean; as impure actions.
4.
Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; as persons.
5.
Unhallowed; unholy; as things.
6.
Unclean; in a legal sense; not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses.

IMPU'RE

,
Verb.
T.
To render foul; to defile. [Not used.]

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