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levitate

English

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Etymology

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Latin levō (“I elevate, I lift up”), from levis (“light”).

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Verb

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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.
    The magician levitated the woman.
  2. (intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
    The guru claimed that he could levitate.
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Italian

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Verb

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levitate

  1. inflection of levitare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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Latin

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Noun

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levitāte f

  1. ablative singular of levitās

Spanish

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levitate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of levitar combined with te
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