Definition of impure

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Impure (v. t.) To defile; to pollute.

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Impurity :: Impurity (n.) That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient..
Pollute :: Pollute (v. t.) To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement..
Unclean :: Unclean (a.) Morally impure.
Corinthian :: Corinthian (a.) Debauched in character or practice; impure.
Chloralum :: Chloralum (n.) An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant..
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure..
Drossy :: Drossy (superl.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless..
Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine..
Zaffer :: Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous..
Osteolite :: Osteolite (n.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate..
Impure :: Impure (a.) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style..
Depuration :: Depuration (n.) The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound..
Regulus :: Regulus (n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores..
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
Chert :: Chert (n.) An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color..
Jasper :: "Jasper (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper..
Impure :: Impure (a.) Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas..
Pompholyx :: Pompholyx (n.) Impure zinc oxide.
Purification :: Purification (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals..
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