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verb (used without object)
1.
to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to rise or float in the air.
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Word Origin & History
levitate
1670s, "to rise by virtue of lightness," from L. levitas "lightness," patterned in English on gravitate. Sense of "raise (a person) into the air" is mainly from spiritualism (1870s).
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