Definition of impure

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

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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..
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp..
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..
Pollute :: Pollute (v. t.) To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement..
Obscenity :: Obscenity (n.) That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture..
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
Whore :: Whore (n.) To worship false and impure gods.
Pompholyx :: Pompholyx (n.) Impure zinc oxide.
Impureness :: Impureness (n.) The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
Impure :: Impure (a.) 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..
Chert :: Chert (n.) An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color..
Osteolite :: Osteolite (n.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate..
Unsincerity :: Unsincerity (n.) The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity.
Unpure :: Unpure (a.) Not pure; impure.
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
Impurity :: Impurity (n.) The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
Ochre :: Ochre (n.) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors..
Depuration :: Depuration (n.) The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound..
Stagnant :: Stagnant (a.) That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins..
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