The woman levitated above the stage.
The magician claimed he could levitate a car.
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First Known Use: 1673
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
See Words from the same year: to rise or make (something) rise into the air in a way that appears to be magical
See words that rhyme with levitate Spanish Central: Translation of levitate
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