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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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