Launch, v. a.
- 1. Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance.
- 2. Slide from the stocks (as a ship).
Launch, v. n. Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out.
Launch out. Enlarge, launch, expatiate.
Laundress, n. Washerwoman.
Laureate, n. Poet-laureate, court-poet.
Lave, v. a. Wash, bathe.
Lavement, n. (Med.) Clyster, enema, injection.
Lavish, a. Profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, extravagant, too free, over-liberal.
Lavish, v. a.
- 1. Waste, squander, dissipate, spend lavishly.
- 2. Bestow prodigally, pour out.
Law, n.
- 1. Rule (prescribed by authority), regulation, statute, enactment, decree, ordinance, edict, order, canon,
expressed command.
- 2. Formula, principle, form.
- 3. Code, body of rules.
- 4. Jurisprudence, science of laws, legal science.
- 5. [With The prefixed.] Mosaic code or dispensation, the old covenant.
- 6. Suit, process, litigation.
- 7. Controlling idea, governing principle, principle, determining rule (of the invariable sequence of events
or forms).