Levitate

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late 17th century: from Latin levis ‘light’, on the pattern of gravitate .

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Latin levō(“I elevate, I lift up”), from levis(“light”).

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levitate (v.)

1670s, "to rise by virtue of lightness" (intransitive), from Latin levitas "lightness," on the model of gravitate (compare levity). Transitive sense of "raise (a person) into the air, cause to become buoyant" (1870s) is mainly from spiritualism. Related: Levitated; levitating.