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▪ I. † ˈvastate, ppl. a. Obs.—1
[ad. L. vastāt-us, pa. pple. of vastāre.]
Laid waste; devastated.
1629T. Adams Serm., Taming of Tongue Wks. 152 The vastate ruines of ancient monuments.
▪ II. ˈvastate, v. rare.
[Cf. prec. and vastation 3.]
trans. To render unsusceptible.
1892Harper's Mag. LXXXIV. 608/1 That long passion of his early youth, which seemed to have vastated him before he came there. He was rather proud of his vastation. |