6 definitions found for levitate

levitate v 1: cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman" 2: be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" [syn: levitate, hover]

levitate
v.
1 intr. rise and float in the air (esp. with reference to spiritualism).
2 tr. cause to do this.
Derivatives:
levitation n. levitator n.
Etymology: L levis light, after GRAVITATE

levitate (levitates, levitating, levitated) 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... Nina can, apparently, levitate a small ball between her hands. VERB: V, V n • levitation ...such magical powers as levitation, prophecy, and healing. N-UNCOUNT

Levitate Lev"i*tate, v. t. (Spiritualism) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant]

Levitate 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.

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