levitate
verb
lev·i·tate
ˈle-və-ˌtāt 
levitated; levitating
: to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
: to cause to levitate
Examples of levitate in a Sentence
The woman levitated above the stage.
The magician claimed he could levitate a car.
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This system can levitate even at a standstill.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
It’s given as a gift to a girl’s confirmation — a mirror, really? — and soon makes family members levitate, yanks telephone cords (the movie’s younger viewers might laugh at a time when phones had cords) and turns dolls creepy.
—Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Check out the domed greenhouses at Gardens by the Bay, as seen in the 2018 romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, and the dazzling array of outdoor sculptures that includes Marc Quinn’s levitating baby, Planet.
—AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
But levitating Treasury yields after a court ruled many of the administration's tariffs were imposed illegally has stoked some questioning of the benign equilibrium among policy, the economy and markets, prompting a wobble in equity indexes Tuesday.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
It’s given as a gift to a girl’s confirmation — a mirror, really? — and soon makes family members levitate, yanks telephone cords (the movie’s younger viewers might laugh at a time when phones had cords) and turns dolls creepy.
—Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Check out the domed greenhouses at Gardens by the Bay, as seen in the 2018 romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, and the dazzling array of outdoor sculptures that includes Marc Quinn’s levitating baby, Planet.
—AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
But levitating Treasury yields after a court ruled many of the administration's tariffs were imposed illegally has stoked some questioning of the benign equilibrium among policy, the economy and markets, prompting a wobble in equity indexes Tuesday.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Levitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/levitate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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levitate
verb
lev·i·tate
ˈlev-ə-ˌtāt
: to rise or cause to rise in the air in seeming defiance of gravity
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