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levitate

[ lev-i-teyt ]

verb (used without object)

, lev·i·tat·ed, lev·i·tat·ing.
  1. to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.


verb (used with object)

, lev·i·tat·ed, lev·i·tat·ing.
  1. to cause to rise or float in the air.

levitate

/ ˈlɛvɪˌteɪt /

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

  • ˌleviˈtation, noun
  • ˈleviˌtator, noun

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Other Words From

  • levi·tator noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of levitate1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of levitate1

C17: from Latin levis light + -tate, as in gravitate

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Example Sentences

“I can levitate,” he says, and he tries to get up from the couch, but he cannot.

His body appears to levitate—his left foot is off the ground.

One family “watched as the heavy wooden bedroom dresser eerily began to levitate a few inches off the floor.”

Matilda wins through her intelligence and a blossoming superpower to levitate objects with her mind.

In the 1990s, this person was huge in pop culture, invested with mythical and mystical powers, and able to make things levitate.

There were supposed to be men who could levitate—fly through the air at will.

They circled the Pentagon with hundreds of protestors and said a magic spell that was supposed to levitate it.

My body seemed to be of ethereal substance, ready to levitate.

My rat cannot levitate cheese-crumbs weighing more than 1.7 grams.

It was not necessary, he found, to walk into a large bank and simply seemingly levitate the money out the front door.

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