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Impured vs Immured - What's the difference?

impured | immured |

As verbs the difference between impured and immured

is that impured is past tense of impure while immured is past tense of immure.

As an adjective immured is

imprisoned or confined.

impured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (impure)
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    impure

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not pure
  • The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
  • Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed
  • Unchaste; lewd; unclean or obscene
  • He was thinking impure thoughts.
  • (Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
  • * 2012 , Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
  • “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 .”

    Synonyms

    * imperfect, tainted

    Antonyms

    * pure

    Verb

    (impur)
  • (obsolete) to defile; to pollute
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    immured

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (immure)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • imprisoned or confined