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levitate
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Levitate
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lev·i·tate
/
ˈlɛv
ɪˌteɪt
/
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lev
-i-teyt
]
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verb,
lev·i·tat·ed,
lev·i·tat·ing.
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.
Origin:
1665–75;
levit(y)
+
-ate
1
, modeled on
gravitate
Related forms
lev·i·ta·tor,
noun
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levitate
(ˈlɛvɪˌteɪt)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
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levitate
in mid-air and vanish in the blink of an eye.
The interaction between this field and the permanent magnets from which the
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levitate
.
The magnet, therefore, will not
levitate
as high as one introduced after the
superconductive state has been obtained.
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levitate
the eggs before exiting at the top.
They appear to
levitate
from one side of the road to the other.
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