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Launch \Launch\, v. i.
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the
stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to
launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an
argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures;
-- often with out.
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Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a
draught. --Luke v. 4.
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He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths.
--Prior.
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Launch \Launch\ (l[add]nch or l[aum]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Launched} (l[add]ncht or l[aum]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Launching}.] [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF.
lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance
lance. See {Lance}.] [Written also {lanch}.]
1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.]
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Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
--Spenser.
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3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to
set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
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With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship,
And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.
--Pope.
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4. To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to
give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to
launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or
enterprise.
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All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch
presbytery in England. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Launch \Launch\, n.
1. The act of launching.
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2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water;
especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which
it is built.
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3. [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.) The boat of the largest size
belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size
driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
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{Launching ways}. (Naut.) See {Way}, n. (Naut.).
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