[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

launch \launch\ laddnch or laumnch, v. i. imp.  p. p.
   launched laddncht or laumncht; 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. obs.
      1913 webster

            launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to
      set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
      1913 webster

            with stays and cordage last he rigged the ship,
            and rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            all art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch
            presbytery in england.                --eikon
                                                  basilike.
      1913 webster
see also:
launched launching lance lanch 

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