vasta.[L. vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See Waste, and cf. Devastate.]()1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.()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 force; mighty; as, vast labor.()5. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.()()n. A waste region; boundless space; immensity.(Pope.)Michael bid sound
The archangel trumpet. Through the vast of heaven
It sounded. (Milton.)