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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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.
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