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levitate
[ lev-i-teyt ]
verb (used without object)
levitated, levitating.
- to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
verb (used with object)
levitated, levitating.
- to cause to rise or float in the air.
levitate
/ ˈɛɪˌٱɪ /
verb
- to rise or cause to rise and float in the air, without visible agency, attributed, esp formerly, to supernatural causes
- tr med to support (a patient) on a cushion of air in the treatment of severe burns
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Derived Forms
- ˌ𱹾ˈٲپDz, noun
- ˈ𱹾ˌٲٴǰ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- i·ٲtǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of levitate1
C17: from Latin levis light + -tate, as in gravitate
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I marveled at how the hidden-in-the-floor projections allow the ghost to levitate, but I also increasingly felt a sense of mourning.
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I marveled at how the hidden-in-the-floor projections allow the ghost to levitate, but also increasingly felt a sense of mourning.
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I was levitated 40 feet in the air.
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Above the racetrack, a handful of ytterbium ions are trapped and levitated by a train of electrical, radiofrequency, and laser pulses.
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Writing about “Anora” from the festival, Times deputy entertainment & arts editor Matt Brennan described the movie as “so electric, it’s liable to leave you levitating.”
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