levitate
/ˈlɛvɪteɪt
/verb
Rise or cause to rise and hover in the air, typically by means of supposed magical powers: [no object]: I swear to God he levitated over the bar [with object]: I focused on levitating the rucksack...
- What else is summer good for but using all of one's magical powers to levitate out of the city for as long as the sober judges of one's conscience will allow?
- Maybe I'll be able to levitate after my mental powers have fully developed.
- Coral heads, reef sharks and parrot fish shimmer beneath a plane of water so translucent, that a dinghy moored there not so much floats as levitates.
Synonyms
float, rise into the air, rise, hover, be suspended, glide, waft, drift, hang, defy gravity, fly, soar up
Derivatives
levitator
- One of the few systems of its kind in the United States, the levitator enables scientists to process materials in an environment with no contamination-causing containers.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin levis 'light', on the pattern of gravitate.