Hypertext Webster Gateway: "levitate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Levitate \Lev"i*tate\, v. t. (Spiritualism)
To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to
levitate a table. [Cant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
levitate
v : be suspended in the air [syn: {hover}]
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