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lanched

lanched is the simple past and past participle of lanch.

Meaning of lanch

Verb

lanch (third-person singular simple present lanches, present participle lanching, simple past and past participle lanched)

  1. (obsolete) To pierce, as with a lance; to lance.
    • And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords
      And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat,
      Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue
      For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  2. (obsolete) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.

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Questions about lanched

What is lanched the simple past and past participle of?
Lanched is the simple past and past participle of lanch.

Words near lanched in the dictionary

  1. lanchang
  2. lanchangs
  3. lanchara
  4. lancharas
  5. lanchas
  6. lanched
  7. lanches
  8. Lanchester
  9. Lanchester equation
  10. Lanchester equations
  11. Lanchester's law

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