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vistas

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Vista \Vis"ta\, n.; 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.
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The finished garden to the view
Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. --Thomson.
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In the groves of their academy, at the end of every
vista, you see nothing but the gallows. --Burke.
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The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his
window. --Sir W.
Scott.
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