levitate
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin levō (“I elevate, I lift up”), from levis (“light”).
Verb [edit]
levitate (third-person singular simple present levitates, present participle levitating, simple past and past participle levitated)
- (transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
- The magician levitated the woman.
- (intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
- The guru claimed that he could levitate.
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Translations [edit]
to cause to rise in the air and float
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to be suspended in the air
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Italian [edit]
Verb form [edit]
levitate
- second-person plural present tense of levitare
- second-person plural imperative of levitare
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Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
levitāte
- ablative singular of levitās
