levitate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: levitate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for levitate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
levitate v cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman" be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" Synonym(s): levitate, hover
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levitate \Lev"itate\ (l[ecr]v"[icr]t[amac]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levitate \Lev"itate\, v. t. (Spiritualism) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate* a table. [Cant]