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

Syn. — Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.

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.

Vas*ta"tion (?), n. [L. vastatio, fr. vastare to lay waste, fr. vastus

empty, waste.] A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Vas"tel (?), n. See Wastel. [Obs.] Fuller.

Vas*tid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. OF. vastité, L. vastitas.] Vastness;

immensity. [Obs.] "All the world's vastidity." Shak.

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