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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of launch.

Etymologies

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launch +‎ -est

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Examples

  • Thy song expands my numb’d, imbonded spirit—thou freest, launchest me,

    Mystic Trumpeter, The 1900

  • Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there's that in here that still remains indifferent.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • Thy song expands my numb'd imbonded spirit, thou freest, launchest me,

    Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855

  • Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there's that in here that still remains indifferent.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there's that in here that still remains indifferent.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there’s that in here that still remains indifferent.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

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