- impure water
- Water injurious to health or unreasonably muddy so as to be unfit for use in a laundry. 56 Am J1st Watwk § 75.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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Impure — Im*pure , a. [L. impurus; pref. im not + purus pure: cf. F. impur. See {Pure}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impure — impurely, adv. impureness, n. /im pyoor /, adj. 1. not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, esp. of an inferior or contaminating nature: impure water and air. 2. modified by admixture, as color. 3. mixed or combined with something else: an impure… … Universalium
impure — adjective 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 … Wiktionary
impure — /ɪmˈpjuə / (say im pyoohuh) adjective 1. not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating kind: impure water. 2. modified by admixture, as colour. 3. (of a style) mixed or combined with something else: an impure… …
impure — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin impurus, from in + purus pure Date: 15th century not pure: as a. lewd, unchaste b. containing something unclean ; foul < impure water > c. ritually unclean … New Collegiate Dictionary
impure — im·pure ( )im pyu̇(ə)r adj not pure: as a) containing something unclean <impure water> b) mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usu. unwanted substance: ADULTERATED <an impure chemical> … Medical dictionary
impure — im•pure [[t]ɪmˈpyʊər[/t]] adj. 1) not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, esp. of an inferior nature: impure water[/ex] 2) modified by admixture, as color 3) mixed or combined with something else: an impure style of architecture[/ex] 4) regarded… … From formal English to slang
water — waterer, n. waterless, adj. waterlessly, adv. waterlessness, n. waterlike, adj. /waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. 1. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C … Universalium
water — wa•ter [[t]ˈwɔ tər, ˈwɒt ər[/t]] n. 1) chem. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans,… … From formal English to slang
impure — adjective 1) impure gold Syn: adulterated, mixed, combined, blended, alloyed; technical admixed Ant: pure 2) the water was impure Syn: contaminated, polluted … Thesaurus of popular words
