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VISTAED
Etymology
Adjective
vistaed
Having or forming a vista or vistas.
Observed in or as if in a figurative vista.
Anagrams
• avidest, datives
Source: Wiktionary
VISTA
Vis"ta, n.; pl. Vistas. Etym: [It., sight, view, fr. vedere, p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See View, Vision.]
Definition: 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 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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