| levitate | (v) cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity, Example: The magician levitated the woman |
| levitate | (v) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity, Syn. hover, Example: The guru claimed that he could levitate |
| levitation | (n) the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means |
| levitation | (n) movement upward in virtue of lightness, Ant. gravitation |
| levitation | (n) the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means |
| Levitate | 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 |
| Levitate | v. t. (Spiritualism) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; |
| Levitation | n. [ L. levis light in weight. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Levitation { f } | Levitationen { pl } | levitation | levitations [Add to Longdo] |