Vast , n. A waste region; boundless space; immensity. "The watery vast." Pope.
Michael bid sound
The archangel trumpet. Through the vast of heaven
It
sounded.
Milton.
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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