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levitate

[ lev-i-teyt ]

verb (used without object)

levitated, levitating.
  1. to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.


verb (used with object)

levitated, levitating.
  1. to cause to rise or float in the air.

levitate

/ ˈɛɪˌٱɪ /

verb

  1. to rise or cause to rise and float in the air, without visible agency, attributed, esp formerly, to supernatural causes
  2. 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·ٲtǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of levitate1

1665–75; levit(y) + -ate 1, modeled on gravitate
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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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