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Launder
//ˈlɔːndə// noun, verb
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Noun
- 1 A washerwoman or washerman. obsolete
- 2 A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
- 3 A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
- 4 A gutter (for rainwater).
Verb
- 1 To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
- 2 convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones wordnet
- 3 To lave; to wet. obsolete
"Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne, / Which on it had conceited characters, / Laundering the silken figures in the brine"
- 4 cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water wordnet
- 5 To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
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- 6 To obtain a pointer to an object created in storage occupied by an existing object of the same type, even if it has const or reference members. transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“I wash”).
Etymology 2
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“I wash”).
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