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/ˈlevəˌtāt/,
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levitating, present participle; levitates, 3rd person singular present; levitated, past tense; levitated, past participle;
  1. Rise and hover in the air, esp. by means of supernatural or magical power
    • - he seems to levitate about three inches off the ground
  2. Cause (something) to rise and hover in such a way

  1. cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman"
  2. (levitation) the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
  3. (levitation) movement upward in virtue of lightness
  4. (levitation) the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
  5. Levitate is an album by The Fall, released in 1997 on Artful Records. The first edition came with an additional 5 song disc of outtakes and alternate mixes spanning the group's career. A single, "Masquerade", was culled from the album in February 1998 to coincide with Mark E. ...
  6. Bruce Hornsby's tenth studio album is titled Levitate. This is Hornsby's third studio album with his current band, Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers. This album marks Hornsby's first release with Verve Music.
  7. Levitation (from Latin levitas "lightness") is the process by which an object is suspended by a physical force against gravity, in a stable position without solid physical contact. ...
  8. (Levitation (album)) Levitation is a 1980 studio album by English rock group Hawkwind. It peaked at #21 on the UK Albums Chart.
  9. (Levitation (band)) Levitation were an English rock band fronted by ex-House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers. Levitation's music and attitude challenged an early 1990s UK alternative music scene dominated by shoegazing and Madchester.
  10. (Levitation (film)) Levitation is Scott D. Goldstein film. The motion picture starred the Golden Globe-nominated American actress Sarah Paulson, Ernie Hudson and Benjamin Heflin.
  11. (levitation) The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind; The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism
  12. (Levitation) The magician defies gravity, either by making something float in the air, or with the aid of another object (suspension)—a silver ball floats around a cloth, an assistant floats in mid-air, another is suspended from a broom, a scarf dances in a sealed bottle, the magician hovers a ...
  13. (Levitation) A phenomenon sometimes encountered in hauntings, particularly with Poltergeists, rare yet credibly reported, where solid objects (including persons) are moved and lifted by an unseen force. The first historically documented occurrence was that of St. ...
  14. (Levitation) To lift or raise a physical object in apparent defiance of gravity.
  15. (levitation) the psionic or magical ability to screen the physical body from gravity and thus raise off the ground
  16. (Levitation) The raising of a person or object into the air without any visible means.
  17. (levitation) The power or ability to float in the air or to cause objects to do so at will.
  18. (Levitation (Book Titles)) Jewish Mysticism: Lev Itation ^l
  19. (Levitation) (Air): Allows flight.
  20. (Levitation) A dream where you are being levitated off your feet and up into the air is the way your dream sometimes upbraids you about certain actions you are doing, or certain strong emotions you are expressing, in your waking hours. ...
  21. (Levitation) A psi talent involving the combination of PK proper with Gravity Control and/or Mass Control in order to produce floating effects.
  22. (Levitation) Changing the space-time constraints of an object through soul-perception. Remember, soul is defined as the space-time continuum of oneself; thus, the basic structure of space-time and one’s soul are directly connected in levitation.
  23. (Levitation) Levity was the term coined by the German poet Goethe. The opposite of gravitation. While Newton thought how the apple fell, Goethe thought how the apple got up there.
  24. (Levitation) The ability of a human to rise from the floor unaided or supported by any means other than themselves and Spirit energy.
  25. (Levitation) The feeling or action of floating above ground.