"levitate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-levitate.wav Forms: levitates [present, singular, third-person], levitating [participle, present], levitated [participle, past], levitated [past]
Etymology: Latin levō (“I elevate, I lift up”), from levis (“light”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|levō||I elevate, I lift up}} Latin levō (“I elevate, I lift up”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} levitate (third-person singular simple present levitates, present participle levitating, simple past and past participle levitated)
  1. (transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to rise in the air and float): вдигам във въздуха (vdigam vǎv vǎzduha) (Bulgarian), levitovat [imperfective] (Czech), vznášet [imperfective] (Czech), leijuttaa (Finnish), saada levitoimaan (Finnish), schweben lassen (German), levitieren (German), levationem ago (Latin), levitar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-levitate-en-verb-5pEErWKV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'to cause to rise in the air and float': 86 14
  2. (intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be suspend in the air): levitar (Catalan), vznášet se [imperfective] (Czech), levitovat (Czech), levitacii (Esperanto), leijua (Finnish), levitoida (Finnish), schweben (German), lewitować (Polish), levitar (Portuguese), лѐбдјети [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), левитирати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), lèbdjeti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), levitar (Spanish), levitera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-levitate-en-verb-MZ4MLL2J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'to be suspend in the air': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: levitation

Inflected forms

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