levitate

levitate
levitate (v.) 1670s, "to rise by virtue of lightness," from L. levitas "lightness," patterned in English on GRAVITATE (Cf. gravitate). Sense of "raise (a person) into the air" is mainly from spiritualism (1870s). Related: Levitated; levitating.

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  • Levitate — Lev i*tate, v. t. (Spiritualism) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • levitate — *rise, arise, ascend, mount, soar, tower, rocket, surge Antonyms: gravitate, sink …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • levitate — [v] rise into the air be suspended, defy gravity, drift, float, fly, hang, hover, rise, soar; concept 154 …   New thesaurus

  • levitate — ► VERB ▪ rise or cause to rise and hover in the air. DERIVATIVES levitation noun. ORIGIN from Latin levis light …   English terms dictionary

  • levitate — [lev′ə tāt΄] vt. levitated, levitating [< L levis, LIGHT2 by analogy with GRAVITATE] to cause to rise and float in the air vi. to rise and float in the air because of, or as if because of, lightness and buoyancy levitator n …   English World dictionary

  • Levitate — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Levitate (значения). Levitate …   Википедия

  • levitate — [[t]le̱vɪteɪt[/t]] levitates, levitating, levitated VERB 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... [V n] Nina can, apparently,… …   English dictionary

  • levitate — UK [ˈlevɪteɪt] / US [ˈlevɪˌteɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms levitate : present tense I/you/we/they levitate he/she/it levitates present participle levitating past tense levitated past participle levitated to rise and float in the… …   English dictionary

  • levitate — verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: levity Date: 1673 intransitive verb to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation transitive verb to cause to levitate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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