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vaster
(encz) | vaster,rozsáhlejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Vaster
(gcide) | Vast \Vast\ (v[.a]st), a. [Compar. Vaster (v[.a]st"[~e]r);
superl. Vastest.] [L. vastus empty, waste, enormous,
immense: cf. F. vaste. See Waste, and cf. Devastate.]
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1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.]
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The empty, vast, and wandering air. --Shak.
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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.
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Through the vast and boundless deep. --Milton.
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3. Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast
army; a vast sum of money.
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4. Very great in force; mighty; as, vast labor.
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5. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
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Syn: Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.
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Olivaster
(gcide) | Olivaster \Ol`i*vas"ter\, a. [L. oliva olive: cf. F.
oliv[^a]tre.]
Of the color of the olive; tawny. --Sir T. Herbert.
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Vaster
(gcide) | Vast \Vast\ (v[.a]st), a. [Compar. Vaster (v[.a]st"[~e]r);
superl. Vastest.] [L. vastus empty, waste, enormous,
immense: cf. F. vaste. See Waste, and cf. Devastate.]
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1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.]
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The empty, vast, and wandering air. --Shak.
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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.
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Through the vast and boundless deep. --Milton.
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3. Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast
army; a vast sum of money.
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4. Very great in force; mighty; as, vast labor.
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5. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
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Syn: Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.
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