levitate
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ɪˌteɪt 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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| —vb | |
| 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 |
| [C17: from Latin levis light + -tate, as in gravitate] | |
| levi'tation | |
| —n | |
| 'levitator | |
| —n | |
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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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Example sentences
For centuries, magicians have used scientific principles to make people levitate in mid-air and vanish in the blink of an eye.
The interaction between this field and the permanent magnets from which the robot is constructed allows it to levitate.
The magnet, therefore, will not levitate as high as one introduced after the superconductive state has been obtained.
Water flows in the bottom through the perforated plate at a rate to gently levitate the eggs before exiting at the top.
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