"impure" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more impure [comparative], most impure [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|impur}} Middle French impur, {{der|en|la|impūrus}} Latin impūrus Head templates: {{en-adj}} impure (comparative more impure, superlative most impure)
  1. Not pure
    Containing undesired intermixtures
    Sense id: en-impure-en-adj-CIgvsChX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 35 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 29 30 5
  2. Not pure
    Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
    Sense id: en-impure-en-adj-bEuCfybQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 35 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 29 30 5
  3. Not pure
    Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
    Sense id: en-impure-en-adj-ocrEMPsD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 35 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 29 30 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imperfect, tainted, impure Hyponyms: Physical:, deteriorated, unclean, Moral:, immoral, obscene Derived forms: impure name, impure s, pure-impure Related terms: impuration, impurely, impureness, impurify, impurity Translations (not pure): պիղծ (piġc) (Armenian), impuru (Asturian), нячы́сты (njačýsty) (Belarusian), нечи́ст (nečíst) (Bulgarian), с при́мес (s prímes) (Bulgarian), impur (Catalan), 不純 (Chinese Mandarin), 不纯 (bù chún) (Chinese Mandarin), nečistý (Czech), onzuiver (Dutch), malpura (Esperanto), epäpuhdas (Finnish), impur [masculine] (French), impuro (Galician), unrein (German), szennyezett (Hungarian), impur (Interlingua), impuro [masculine] (Italian), 不潔な (fuketsu na) (alt: ふけつな) (Japanese), 불결하다 (bulgyeolhada) (Korean), impūrus (Latin), whaipara (Maori), paruparu (Maori), պիղծ (piłc) (Old Armenian), unsȳfre (Old English), nieczysty (Polish), impuro (Portuguese), нечи́стый (nečístyj) (Russian), с при́месью (s prímesʹju) (Russian), अशुद्ध (aśuddha) (Sanskrit), impuro (Spanish), oren (Swedish), ditagnas (Tagalog), нечи́стий (nečýstyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'not pure': 33 33 33

Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: impures [present, singular, third-person], impuring [participle, present], impured [participle, past], impured [past]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|impur}} Middle French impur, {{der|en|la|impūrus}} Latin impūrus Head templates: {{en-verb}} impure (third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Hygiene
    Sense id: en-impure-en-verb-b5jhwMbI Disambiguation of Hygiene: 7 34 7 53

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "not pure",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "alt": "ふけつな",
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      "sense": "not pure",
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      "lang": "Maori",
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      "sense": "not pure",
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      "sense": "not pure",
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      "word": "Moral:"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:impure",
      "word": "immoral"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:impure",
      "word": "obscene"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "impuration"
    },
    {
      "word": "impurely"
    },
    {
      "word": "impureness"
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      "word": "impurify"
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      "word": "impurity"
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          "text": "The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Not pure",
        "Containing undesired intermixtures"
      ],
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          "undesired",
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      "glosses": [
        "Not pure",
        "Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin"
      ],
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          "Unhallowed",
          "unhallowed"
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          "defile",
          "defile"
        ],
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          "unholy",
          "unholy"
        ],
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          "physical",
          "physical"
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          "objectionable",
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        ],
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          "substance",
          "substance"
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          "moral",
          "moral"
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          "sin",
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        {
          "text": "He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery",
          "text": "“No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not pure",
        "Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)"
      ],
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          "Unchaste",
          "unchaste"
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          "sexual",
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      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "word": "imperfect"
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    {
      "word": "tainted"
    },
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      "word": "impure"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "piġc",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "պիղծ"
    },
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      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "piłc",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "պիղծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "impuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njačýsty",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "нячы́сты"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nečíst",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "нечи́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "s prímes",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "с при́мес"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "impur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "不純"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù chún",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "不纯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "nečistý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "onzuiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "malpura"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "epäpuhdas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "impuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "unrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "szennyezett"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "impur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impuro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふけつな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuketsu na",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "不潔な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulgyeolhada",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "불결하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "impūrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "whaipara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "paruparu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "unsȳfre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "nieczysty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "impuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nečístyj",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "нечи́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "s prímesʹju",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "с при́месью"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "aśuddha",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "अशुद्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "impuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "oren"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "ditagnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nečýstyj",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "нечи́стий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impure"
}

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      "name": "bor"
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        "to defile; to pollute"
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