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    Launch , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Launched ; 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, 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, 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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