levitate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin levō (“I elevate, I lift up”), from levis (“light”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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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[edit]Translations
[edit]to cause to rise in the air and float
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to be suspend in the air
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Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]levitate
- inflection of levitare:
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]levitāte f
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]levitate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of levitar combined with te
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