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levitate

(levɪteɪt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense levitates, present participle levitating, past tense, past participle levitated
verb
If someone or something levitates, they appear to rise and float in the air without any support from other people or objects.
He has claimed he can levitate. [VERB]
Nina can, apparently, levitate a small ball between her hands. [VERB noun]
levitation (levɪteɪʃən) uncountable noun
...such magical powers as levitation, prophecy, and healing.

levitate in British English

(ˈlɛvɪˌteɪt)
verb
1. 
to rise or cause to rise and float in the air, without visible agency, attributed, esp formerly, to supernatural causes
2. (transitive) medicine
to support (a patient) on a cushion of air in the treatment of severe burns
Derived forms
levitation (ˌleviˈtation)
noun
levitator (ˈleviˌtator)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Latin levis light + -tate, as in gravitate

levitate in American English

(ˈlɛvəˌteɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈleviˌtated or ˈleviˌtating
1. 
to cause to rise and float in the air
verb intransitive
2. 
to rise and float in the air because of, or as if because of, lightness and buoyancy
Derived forms
levitator (ˈleviˌtator)
noun
Word origin
< L levis, light2 by analogy with gravitate

Examples of 'levitate' in a sentence
levitate

He was a spiritualist medium who purportedly was able to levitate as well as summon spirits.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Many witnesses described how they had seen him levitating at the altar or credited to him miraculous healing gifts.
Martin Manser COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS (2004)
Seldom has this piece seemed so fleet of foot, so light and sprightly in its levitating dance.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
levitate

British English: levitate VERB
If someone or something levitates, they appear to rise and float in the air without any support from other people or objects.
He has claimed he can levitate.
Is it possible to levitate a frog using magnets?
  • American English: levitate
  • Brazilian Portuguese: levitar
  • Chinese: 浮在空中
  • European Spanish: levitar
  • French: s'élever par lévitation
  • German: schweben
  • Italian: levitare
  • Japanese: 宙に浮かぶ
  • Korean: 공중부양하다
  • European Portuguese: levitar
  • Latin American Spanish: levitar
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