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(1):

(v. i.) 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.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.

(4):

(n.) The act of launching.

(5):

(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.

(6):

(v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.

(7):

(v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.

(8):

(v. i.) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Launch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/launch.html. 1828.
 
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