--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 description: The 831 words of the English dictionary under I, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / I # I — The English dictionary · page 10 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* So good, big, skilful or beautiful that people admire it.[↗](../../impressive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your science project is very impressive.[↗](../../impressive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle was huge and impressive.[↗](../../impressive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She scored an impressive 98 out of 100.[↗](../../impressive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's impressive that you can juggle five balls.[↗](../../impressive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Grand Canyon is an impressive sight.[↗](../../impressive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave an impressive speech at assembly.[↗](../../impressive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **imprint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An imprint is a mark or shape pressed into a surface, like a footprint in mud.[↗](../../imprint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An imprint is a lasting effect that something leaves on a person or a place.[↗](../../imprint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To imprint something is to press or print a mark onto it.[↗](../../imprint/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To imprint something on your mind is to fix it firmly in your memory.[↗](../../imprint/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (books) A publisher's imprint is the brand name it puts on a book.[↗](../../imprint/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dinosaur left an imprint of its foot in the mud.[↗](../../imprint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fossil is the imprint of a fern.[↗](../../imprint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The face of the queen is imprinted on the coin.[↗](../../imprint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That holiday left a happy imprint on all of us.[↗](../../imprint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone number is imprinted on my mind.[↗](../../imprint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hand left an imprint in the wet clay.[↗](../../imprint/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This book is published under a children's imprint.[↗](../../imprint/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The proprietor of the house stood bare-headed, and respectfully imprinted a kiss on the hand of the old woman.[↗](../../imprint/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.[↗](../../imprint/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imprint/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · or does exist outside of Himself ; His substance is the foundation of all, and all things bear His imprint and are symbols of His intelligence."[↗](../../imprint/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../imprint/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet He is not only that form; for nothing can \[p. 9\] or does exist outside of Himself; His substance is the foundation of all, and all things bear His imprint and are symbols of His intelligence."[↗](../../imprint/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../imprint/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **imprinting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (biology) Imprinting is the way some baby animals, like ducklings and goslings, learn to follow and trust the first moving thing they see after hatching, usually their mother.[↗](../../imprinting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Imprinting is the act of pressing or printing a mark or design onto something.[↗](../../imprinting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ducklings follow their mother because of imprinting.[↗](../../imprinting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The goslings imprinted on the farmer and followed him everywhere.[↗](../../imprinting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Konrad Lorenz studied imprinting in geese.[↗](../../imprinting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Imprinting happens in the first hours after a chick hatches.[↗](../../imprinting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory is imprinting the school logo on our new sweatshirts.[↗](../../imprinting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Zookeepers wear puppets so the chicks do not start imprinting on people.[↗](../../imprinting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **imprison** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) To put someone in prison or keep them locked up.[↗](../../imprison/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To trap or keep someone or something somewhere so they cannot leave.[↗](../../imprison/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To keep something you value, such as your honour, shut away so that it cannot be used or freed.[↗](../../imprison/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The thief was imprisoned for three years.[↗](../../imprison/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wicked queen imprisoned the princess in a tower.[↗](../../imprison/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Paul was imprisoned for preaching.[↗](../../imprison/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird felt imprisoned in its small cage.[↗](../../imprison/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people have been wrongly imprisoned.[↗](../../imprison/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The snow imprisoned us in the cabin for two days.[↗](../../imprison/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **imprisoned** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Put in prison as a punishment, or kept in prison.[↗](../../imprisoned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Kept somewhere and not able to get out, like a trapped animal or a princess in a tower.[↗](../../imprisoned/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) Unable to escape a feeling or situation: «imprisoned by fear».[↗](../../imprisoned/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The thief was imprisoned for two years.[↗](../../imprisoned/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Joseph was imprisoned in Egypt, though he had done nothing wrong.[↗](../../imprisoned/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess was imprisoned in a high tower.[↗](../../imprisoned/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for a very long time before becoming president.[↗](../../imprisoned/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird felt imprisoned in its small cage.[↗](../../imprisoned/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Paul wrote letters while he was imprisoned.[↗](../../imprisoned/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Ah! cruel Queen! what have I ever done to be imprisoned like this?[↗](../../imprisoned/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **imprisonment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) Being kept in prison as a punishment.[↗](../../imprisonment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being shut in or not free to leave a place.[↗](../../imprisonment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nelson Mandela survived 27 years of imprisonment.[↗](../../imprisonment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The robber was sentenced to five years' imprisonment.[↗](../../imprisonment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Life imprisonment is the most serious sentence in the UK.[↗](../../imprisonment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess escaped from her imprisonment in the tower.[↗](../../imprisonment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Imprisonment without trial is unfair.[↗](../../imprisonment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Animals in tiny cages suffer a kind of imprisonment.[↗](../../imprisonment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · From this imprisonment the wicked old man was never freed.[↗](../../imprisonment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **improbable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not likely to happen or to be true.[↗](../../improbable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strange and surprising: an improbable friendship between a cat and a duck.[↗](../../improbable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is improbable that it will snow in July in London.[↗](../../improbable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rolling a six ten times in a row is highly improbable.[↗](../../improbable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The underdog team won an improbable victory.[↗](../../improbable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog and the rabbit had an improbable friendship.[↗](../../improbable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's improbable but not impossible.[↗](../../improbable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Getting every answer right by guessing is very improbable.[↗](../../improbable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nay, that is almost too improbable; and yet it is true.[↗](../../improbable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **impromptu** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Done or made without planning or practice, on the spur of the moment: «an impromptu speech».[↗](../../impromptu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, music) A short piece of music written to sound as if it were made up on the spot.[↗](../../impromptu/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had an impromptu picnic in the park.[↗](../../impromptu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The class gave an impromptu concert for the head teacher.[↗](../../impromptu/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad sang an impromptu song all about his own cleverness.[↗](../../impromptu/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher asked me to give an impromptu speech.[↗](../../impromptu/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Schubert wrote famous impromptus for piano.[↗](../../impromptu/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The street musician gave an impromptu show.[↗](../../impromptu/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **improper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not suitable or not polite for the situation.[↗](../../improper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not correct or not following the rules.[↗](../../improper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In maths: «improper fraction» — a fraction whose top number is equal to or bigger than the bottom number, like 7/4.[↗](../../improper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turn the improper fraction 9/4 into a mixed number.[↗](../../improper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 5/5 is an improper fraction equal to 1.[↗](../../improper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Improper use of the ladder caused the fall.[↗](../../improper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is improper to shout in the library.[↗](../../improper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bin was full of improper waste.[↗](../../improper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He made an improper comment and had to apologise.[↗](../../improper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "'I think it highly improper,' said the tea-kettle, who was kitchen singer, and half-brother to the tea-urn, 'that a rich foreign bird should be listened to here.[↗](../../improper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **improperly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Improperly means in a wrong or incorrect way, not as it should be done.[↗](../../improperly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Improperly means in a way that is not polite, honest or allowed.[↗](../../improperly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car seat was fitted improperly, so it was not safe.[↗](../../improperly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Food stored improperly can make you ill.[↗](../../improperly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ladder was used improperly and it slipped.[↗](../../improperly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge said the officer had acted improperly.[↗](../../improperly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If you wash wool improperly, it shrinks.[↗](../../improperly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bin was closed improperly and the foxes got in.[↗](../../improperly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was improperly dressed for a wedding, in muddy football kit.[↗](../../improperly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **impropriety** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Behaviour that is not right, honest or acceptable, especially for someone in an important job.[↗](../../impropriety/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A small wrong or rude act that breaks the rules of good behaviour.[↗](../../impropriety/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The official was accused of financial impropriety.[↗](../../impropriety/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An inquiry found no impropriety in how the money was spent.[↗](../../impropriety/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge stepped away to avoid any appearance of impropriety.[↗](../../impropriety/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In old novels, being alone with a stranger was seen as an impropriety.[↗](../../impropriety/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The club's treasurer was cleared of impropriety.[↗](../../impropriety/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach was careful to avoid any impropriety in choosing the team.[↗](../../impropriety/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **improve** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something better (improve your handwriting).[↗](../../improve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To get better (her reading improved).[↗](../../improve/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Improve on: to do better than before.[↗](../../improve/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You can improve your story by adding more adjectives.[↗](../../improve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My times tables have really improved this term.[↗](../../improve/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How could we improve our experiment?[↗](../../improve/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather improved in the afternoon.[↗](../../improve/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Practise every day to improve your swimming.[↗](../../improve/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She improved on her best time by two seconds.[↗](../../improve/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating well can improve how you feel.[↗](../../improve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.”[↗](../../improve/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Tenneman's "Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie," improved by Prof.[↗](../../improve/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../improve/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **improvement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The act of getting better or making something better.[↗](../../improvement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A change or addition that makes something better (home improvements).[↗](../../improvement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The amount by which something has become better (an improvement of 10 marks).[↗](../../improvement/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your handwriting shows a big improvement.[↗](../../improvement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her test score went from 60 to 75, an improvement of 15 marks.[↗](../../improvement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There is still room for improvement.[↗](../../improvement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new park is an improvement on the old one.[↗](../../improvement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is doing some home improvements.[↗](../../improvement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor saw an improvement in Grandpa's health.[↗](../../improvement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You have many ships built by learned men, with all sorts of new and clever improvements.[↗](../../improvement/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Israel Davidson for suggesting a few improvements.[↗](../../improvement/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../improvement/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **improvisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making something up on the spot, without a script or plan — in music, drama or speech.[↗](../../improvisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Using whatever you have to solve a problem quickly when you lack the proper things.[↗](../../improvisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A piece of music, drama or speech made up in the moment.[↗](../../improvisation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In drama we did an improvisation about getting lost at the zoo.[↗](../../improvisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jazz musicians are famous for improvisation.[↗](../../improvisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When the tent pole broke, Dad's improvisation was a long branch.[↗](../../improvisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The speech was pure improvisation; she had no notes.[↗](../../improvisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Improv games help you think quickly.[↗](../../improvisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our band's best song started as an improvisation.[↗](../../improvisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **improvise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make or do something without planning, using whatever is available.[↗](../../improvise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make up music, words or acting on the spot, without a script.[↗](../../improvise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had no ball, so we improvised with rolled-up socks.[↗](../../improvise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The actors had to improvise when they forgot their lines.[↗](../../improvise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She improvised a tune on the piano.[↗](../../improvise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He improvised a splint from two rulers.[↗](../../improvise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We improvised a tent with a blanket and chairs.[↗](../../improvise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In drama we improvised a scene at the bus stop.[↗](../../improvise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **imprudence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not being careful or sensible; doing things without thinking about the risks.[↗](../../imprudence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An unwise act.[↗](../../imprudence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Spending all his pocket money on day one was an act of imprudence.[↗](../../imprudence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's imprudence led him straight to prison.[↗](../../imprudence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Swimming alone in the sea was pure imprudence.[↗](../../imprudence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge spoke of the young man's imprudence.[↗](../../imprudence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The family's imprudence with money left them in debt.[↗](../../imprudence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned from our imprudence and packed raincoats next time.[↗](../../imprudence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sometimes it is a victim's own imprudence, and not a parent's "hasty word," which has placed him in the power of the Evil One.[↗](../../imprudence/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **imprudent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Imprudent means not wise or careful, so that trouble is likely to follow.[↗](../../imprudent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is imprudent to walk alone in the dark.[↗](../../imprudent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spinning on a Thursday was thought imprudent.[↗](../../imprudent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Was it imprudent to eat all the sweets at once?[↗](../../imprudent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **impudence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Impudence is rude behaviour that shows no respect, especially cheek towards someone older or in charge.[↗](../../impudence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king warned him that impudence would be punished.[↗](../../impudence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinocchio's impudence annoyed the wise old Cricket.[↗](../../impudence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The servants treated her with impudence.[↗](../../impudence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **impudent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Impudent means rude and cheeky, not showing proper respect.[↗](../../impudent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "You are an impudent liar!" cried the genius.[↗](../../impudent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not be impudent to your teacher.[↗](../../impudent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The impudent boy laughed at the old man.[↗](../../impudent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him: (Writings PRO.7.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impudent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the impudent gather themselves together against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.[↗](../../impudent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.59.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impudent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **impudently** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a bold, rude, shameless way.[↗](../../impudently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.[↗](../../impudently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impudently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **impulse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sudden wish to do something without thinking about it first.[↗](../../impulse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A signal that travels along a nerve, or a short push or burst of force.[↗](../../impulse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A reason or force that makes something happen.[↗](../../impulse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* On impulse, she jumped into the pool with her clothes on.[↗](../../impulse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt a sudden impulse to laugh during assembly.[↗](../../impulse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sweets near the till are for impulse buying.[↗](../../impulse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nerve impulses travel from your fingers to your brain.[↗](../../impulse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to resist the impulse to shout out the answer.[↗](../../impulse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Acting on impulse can sometimes get you into trouble.[↗](../../impulse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No sooner was this done than, obeying an irresistible impulse, he precipitated himself into the deep, and became a sea-god.[↗](../../impulse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **impulsively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Suddenly and without stopping to think first.[↗](../../impulsively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Following a strong sudden wish or feeling, often in a way you may regret.[↗](../../impulsively/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He impulsively jumped into the pool with his clothes on.[↗](../../impulsively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She impulsively spent all her pocket money on sweets.[↗](../../impulsively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't act impulsively when you're angry; count to ten.[↗](../../impulsively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I impulsively hugged my friend when we won.[↗](../../impulsively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Shops put treats near the tills so people buy them impulsively.[↗](../../impulsively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered impulsively and got the sum wrong.[↗](../../impulsively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **impure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mixed with other substances, so not pure or clean: impure water, impure gold.[↗](../../impure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (religion, old-fashioned) Morally or spiritually unclean, as in old rules of worship.[↗](../../impure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Muddy river water is impure, so we filtered it.[↗](../../impure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rock salt is impure; we dissolved it and filtered out the sand.[↗](../../impure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Impure gold is mixed with other metals.[↗](../../impure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The chemist tested whether the sample was pure or impure.[↗](../../impure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old laws in the Bible describe things that made people impure.[↗](../../impure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drinking impure water can make you ill.[↗](../../impure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But they could not drink thereat, for its water was foul and impure, and swarming with snakes and frogs and toads.[↗](../../impure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.[↗](../../impure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water\![↗](../../impure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.[↗](../../impure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Every one of them is unclean, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.[↗](../../impure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.53.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/9/) **10** [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/11/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/9/) - next →: [page 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/11/) - ↑ back to [The English 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