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levitate
[lev-i-teyt]
verb (used without object)
to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
verb (used with object)
to cause to rise or float in the air.
levitate
/ ˈɛɪˌٱɪ /
verb
to 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
Other Word Forms
- levitator noun
- ˌ𱹾ˈٲپDz noun
- ˈ𱹾ˌٲٴǰ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of levitate1
Example Sentences
I marveled at how the hidden-in-the-floor projections allow the ghost to levitate, but I also increasingly felt a sense of mourning.
I marveled at how the hidden-in-the-floor projections allow the ghost to levitate, but also increasingly felt a sense of mourning.
I was levitated 40 feet in the air.
Above the racetrack, a handful of ytterbium ions are trapped and levitated by a train of electrical, radiofrequency, and laser pulses.
Writing about “Anora” from the festival, Times deputy entertainment & arts editor Matt Brennan described the movie as “so electric, it’s liable to leave you levitating.”
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