launch (v.) Copy link Outline I. To float a vessel for the first timeII. To hurlIII. Intrans. and fig., to launch out, i. e. expatiate1. exspătior, 12. insĕquor, cūtus, 3 (in the way of invective)3. expr. by circuml., de aliqua re uberius ac fusius disputo, dissero • launch (v.): I. To float a vessel for the first time: dēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to haul down to the sea; whether just after building or subsequently): to l. ships, naves d., Liv. 30, 3: Virg. (To denote the modern way of launching, perh. demittere.) II. To hurl: contorqueo, 2; jăcŭlor, 1: v. to hurl. Phr.: he l.s thunderbolts from his right hand, fulmina molitur dextra, Virg. G. 1, 329. III. Intrans. and fig., to launch out, i. e. expatiate: 1. exspătior, 1: v. to expatiate. 2. insĕquor, cūtus, 3 (in the way of invective): foll. by in and acc.: v. to inveigh (against). 3. expr. by circuml., de aliqua re uberius ac fusius disputo, dissero: v. to enlarge (upon).
LAUNCH Copy link • LAUNCHv. TRANS., To hurl, jacere; conjicere emittere. To move (a ship) into the water, (navem) deducere.