Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Vaster"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vast \Vast\, a. [Compar. {Vaster}; superl. {Vastest}.] [L.
vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See
{Waste}, and cf. {Devastate}.]
1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.]

The empty, vast, and wandering air. --Shak.

2. Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in
bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast
mountains; the vast empire of Russia.

Through the vast and boundless deep. --Milton.

3. Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast
army; a vast sum of money.

4. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.

Syn: Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.


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