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   Vista , 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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