levitate
levitat-e Wrtdtng: "leichtere; erleichter; (leichter machen, infolge dessen oder) schweben, erheben"; die Schwere wegnehmen oder dieser entgegenwirken.
- an sich müßte es levitare sein, levitare wurde jedoch erst später von ital. levitazione abgeleitet.First attested in 1673; borrowed from New Latin levitātus, perfect passive participle of levitō (“to levitate; to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity”) (first attested c. 1670), modeled on gravitō (“to gravitate”) (← Latin gravis (“heavy”)), from levis (“light”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/
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 external forces such as gravity.
- The magician levitated the woman.
- (intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of external forces like gravity.
- The guru claimed that he could levitate.
- levitation
- levitator