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US
/ˈɫɛvɪˌteɪt/
]
[ UK /lˈɛvɪtˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /lˈɛvɪtˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
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
How To Use levitate In A Sentence
- Some conjurers are even said to levitate or to have performed the famous Indian rope trick.
- He began to levitate in the air, his eyes getting redder by the second.
- He was a spiritualist medium who purportedly was able to levitate as well as summon spirits. Times, Sunday Times
- I make upward motion with my hands and our guest begins to levitate a mere 2 inches off the ground.
- So it seems there are already fine particles that are levitated up to what we call the mesosphere, about 100 kilometers up -- that already have this effect. David Keith's unusual climate change idea
- Kittens can levitate, ricochet, teleport and discorporate and take up most of a double bed. When PZ Turns Fifty . . . - The Panda's Thumb
- levitated" persons, canonized or beatified by the Church of Rome. Lost Leaders
- By some unseen force, he began to levitate into the air.
- The catch is that the board will levitate only above sheets made of copper, aluminium and other non-ferromagnetic conductors. Times, Sunday Times
- The protracted climax, to a faint wash of sound, is a tableau in which the motionless dancers slowly levitate.
