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[ lev-i-teyt ] / ˈlɛv ɪˌteɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR levitate ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), lev·i·tat·ed, lev·i·tat·ing.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.to cause to rise or float in the air. Origin of levitate1665–75; levit(y) + -ate1, modeled on gravitate OTHER WORDS FROM levitatelev·i·ta·tor, nounWords nearby levitateLevine, Levin tube, levirate, Levi's, Lévi-Strauss, levitate, levitation, Levite, leviter, Levitical, Leviticus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for levitateThey could revolutionize the electric grid and enable levitating trains, among many other potential applications. Room-temperature superconductivity has been achieved for the first time|Niall Firth|October 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review In a container, liquid can be levitated over a layer of gas by shaking the container up and down. How physics lets a toy boat float upside down|Maria Temming|October 7, 2020|Science News For Students Going bottom-up is no problem for a boat on the underside of a levitating liquid. How physics lets a toy boat float upside down|Maria Temming|October 7, 2020|Science News For Students Going bottom-up is no problem for a boat on the underside of a levitated liquid. Toy boats float upside down underneath a layer of levitated liquid|Maria Temming|September 2, 2020|Science News
His body appears to levitate—his left foot is off the ground. The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali|Peter Richmond|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I can levitate,” he says, and he tries to get up from the couch, but he cannot. The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali|Peter Richmond|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST One family “watched as the heavy wooden bedroom dresser eerily began to levitate a few inches off the floor.” A Night with The Conjuring’s Ed & Lorraine Warren|Stefan Beck|August 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Matilda wins through her intelligence and a blossoming superpower to levitate objects with her mind. ‘Matilda’ Star Mara Wilson Reviews ‘Matilda the Musical’|Ramin Setoodeh|April 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST In private, they lift their eyes toward the ceiling when the Americans and Israelis levitate about an Iranian nuclear weapon. Why Our Nuke Policy Doesn't Work|Leslie H. Gelb|May 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST My rat cannot levitate cheese-crumbs weighing more than 1.7 grams. The Leader|William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster) My body seemed to be of ethereal substance, ready to levitate. Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda He looked at the buttons on the dash, wondering which would make it levitate. I did not levitate, because the feebleness of her call indicated she might be hurt and on the ground. Lonesome Hearts|Russell Robert Winterbotham They circled the Pentagon with hundreds of protestors and said a magic spell that was supposed to levitate it. Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for levitate
verbto rise or cause to rise and float in the air, without visible agency, attributed, esp formerly, to supernatural causes (tr) med to support (a patient) on a cushion of air in the treatment of severe burns Derived forms of levitatelevitation, nounlevitator, nounWord Origin for levitateC17: from Latin levis light + -tate, as in gravitate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to levitatefly, rise, hang, float, drift, hover, soar |