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Webster 1913 Edition


Levitate

Lev′i-tate

(lĕv′ĭ-tāt)
,
Verb.
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.

Lev′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
(Spiritualism)
To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air;
as, to
levitate
a table
.
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