lev·i·tate (l v  -t t )intr. & tr.v. lev·i·tat·ed, lev·i·tat·ing, lev·i·tates To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity. [From Latin levis, light (on the model of gravitate); see levity.] lev i·tation n.lev i·tation·al adj.lev i·tator n. |
levitation
the process of rising or being raised in the air.
See also: Processes
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  levitation - the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural meansphenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning |
| 2. | levitation - movement upward in virtue of lightness change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" | |
| 3. | levitation - the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means |
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