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Webster 1913 Edition
Vista
Vis′ta
,Noun.
pl.
Vistas
(#)
. [It., sight, view, fr.
vedere
, p. p. visto
, veduto
, to see, fr. L. videre
, visum
. See View
, Vision
.] A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.
The finished garden to the view
Its
Its
vistas
opens, and its alleys green. Thomson.
In the groves of their academy, at the end of every
vista
, you see nothing but the gallows. Burke.
The shattered tower which now forms a
vista
from his window. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vista
VIS'TA
,Noun.
The finish'd garden to the view its vistas opens and its alleys green.