Meaning of LEVITATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'levi`teyt
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- [v] be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
- [v] cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman"
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| | Synonyms: | | hover |
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| | See Also: | | arise, bring up, come up, elevate, get up, go up, lift, move up, raise, rise, uprise | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Lev"i*tate\ (l[e^]v"[i^]*t[=a]t), v. i. [L. levitas,
-atis, lightness. See {Levity}.]
To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding
medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to {gravitate}. --Sir.
J. Herschel.
\Lev"i*tate\, v. t. (Spiritualism)
To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to
levitate a table. [Cant]
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| | Related Terms: | | arise, ascend, boost, buoy up, cast up, come up, curl upwards, elevate, erect, escalate, float, go up, grow up, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, jerk up, knock up, lift, lift up, lob, loft, loom, mount, perk up, raise, raise up, rear, rear up, rise, rise up, set up, sky, spiral, spire, stand up, stick up, surge, swarm up, sweep up, throw up, tower, up, upbuoy, upcast, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, uprise, upspin, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upthrow, upwind |
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