| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Vesta |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ves·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v s t |
| NOUN: | 1. Roman Mythology The goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing the sacred fire tended by the vestal virgins. 2. The brightest of all the asteroids and the fourth to be discovered. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin. See wes-1 in Appendix I.
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