impure Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Im*pure" adjective
Etymology
L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F. impur. See Pure.
Definitions
  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" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To defile; to pollute. Obs. Bp. Hall.

Webster 1913