impurifyv.
rare.
transitive. To render impure.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > make impure [verb (transitive)]
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate
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1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. xxix. 166 Let no Temptation impurify thy Will.
1904 Daily Chron. 19 July 3/7 Impure aeration that..takes place in dirty, fœtid cowsheds impurifies it [sc. milk].
1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 18 Feb. (1962) II. 1040 I am having to impurify and dilute it [sc. Lady Chatterley's Lover] for the market.
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