Definition of Levitate

1. Verb. Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. "The magician levitated the woman"

Related verbs: Hover
Generic synonyms: Bring Up, Elevate, Get Up, Lift, Raise
Derivative terms: Levitation

2. Verb. Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity. "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
Exact synonyms: Hover
Entails: Arise, Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Derivative terms: Levitation

Definition of Levitate

1. v. i. To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.

2. v. t. To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table.

Definition of Levitate

1. Verb. (transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Levitate

1. to rise and float in the air [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Medical Definition of Levitate

1. To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Levitate

levigation
levigations
levin
leviner
leviners
levins
levirate
levirate marriage
levirate marriages
levirates
leviratic
leviratical
leviration
levirostres
levis
levitate (current term)
levitated
levitates
levitating
levitation
levitational
levitations
levitator
levitators
levite
levites
levitic
levitical
levitically
levities

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