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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lev-i-teyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛv ɪˌteɪt |
Définition of levitate
Origin :- 1670s, "to rise by virtue of lightness," from Latin levitas "lightness," patterned in English on gravitate. Sense of "raise (a person) into the air" is mainly from spiritualism (1870s). Related: Levitated; levitating.
- verb rise into the air
- There were supposed to be men who could levitate—fly through the air at will.
- Extract from : « The Penal Cluster » by Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
- My body seemed to be of ethereal substance, ready to levitate.
- Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda
- He looked at the buttons on the dash, wondering which would make it levitate.
- Extract from : « Pursuit » by Lester del Rey
- My rat cannot levitate cheese-crumbs weighing more than 1.7 grams.
- Extract from : « The Leader » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster)
- I did not levitate, because the feebleness of her call indicated she might be hurt and on the ground.
- Extract from : « Lonesome Hearts » by Russell Robert Winterbotham
- They circled the Pentagon with hundreds of protestors and said a magic spell that was supposed to levitate it.
- Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
Antonyms for levitate
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