dē-vasto

I. perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to lay waste, devastate (rare, and perh. not anteAug.): fines, Liv. 4, 59: Marsos, id. 22, 9: agmina ferro, Ov. M. 13, 255.—

II. Trop.: fortitudinem, Vulg. Isa. 23, 14: ecclesiam, id. Act. 8, 3.