Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Lanciá-re, v. a.
1. to hurl, dart, fling, throw, shoot; 2. to strike or wound with a lance;3. to vex, grieve, pain; v. n. — cantoni, campanili,to amplify, exaggerate, aggravate in telling;v. r. to fly at, or rush upon one. Arme da —, any weapon that can be hurled or thrown. — un bastimento in mare, to launch a vessel; s. m. Lanciá-tóre, f. Lanciá-tríce; adj. Lanciá-nte.
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lanciare: to lance, to cast, to throw, to fling, to hurle, to dart, to pitch. Vsed also for Sbalestráre.