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Webster 1913 Edition
Vast
Vast
(vȧst)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Vaster
(vȧst′ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Vastest
.] 1.
Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
[Obs.]
The empty,
vast
, and wandering air. Shakespeare
2.
Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous;
as, the
. vast
ocean; vast
mountains; the vast
empire of RussiaThrough the
vast
and boundless deep. Milton.
3.
Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount;
as, a
. vast
army; a vast
sum of money4.
Very great in force; mighty;
as,
. vast
labor5.
Very great in importance;
as, a subject of
. vast
concern
Syn. – Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.
Vast
,Noun.
A waste region; boundless space; immensity.
“The watery vast.” Pope.
Michael bid sound
The archangel trumpet. Through the
It sounded.
The archangel trumpet. Through the
vast
of heavenIt sounded.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vast
V'AST
,Adj.
1.
Being of great extent; very spacious or large; as the vast ocean; a vast abyss; the vast empire of Russia; the vast plains of Syria; the vast domains of the Almighty.2.
Huge in bulk and extent; as the vast mountains of Asia; the vast range of the Andes.3.
Very great in numbers or amount; as a vast army; vast numbers or multitudes were slain; vast sums of money have been expended to gratify pride and ambition.4.
Very great in force; mighty; as vast efforts; vast labor.5.
Very great in importance; as a subject of vast concern.V'AST
,Noun.
Through the vast of heav'n it sounded.
The watery vast.