# levitate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/ · frequency rank #51,821

## Definitions
1. To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
2. To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

## Etymology
First attested in 1673; borrowed from New Latin levitātus, perfect passive participle of levitō (“to levitate; to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity”) (first attested c. 1670), modeled on gravitō (“to gravitate”) (← Latin gravis (“heavy”)), from levis (“light”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

## Source
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