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noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
noun the act of propelling with force
verb set up or found
originFrom Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance.
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