English-Thai Dictionary

levitate

VI ลอย  roi

 

levitate

VT ทำให้ ลอย  tam-hai-roi

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEVITATE

Lev "i *tate, v. i. Etym: [L. levitas, -atis, lightness. See Levity. ]

 

Defn: To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. Sir. J. Herschel.

 

LEVITATE

LEVITATE Lev "i *tate, v. i. (Spiritualism )

 

Defn: To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

levitate

lev i tate |ˈlevəˌtāt ˈlɛvəˌteɪt | ▶verb rise or cause to rise and hover in the air, esp. by means of supernatural or magical power: [ no obj. ] : he seems to levitate about three inches off the ground | [ with obj. ] : he was focused on levitating the backpack. DERIVATIVES lev i ta tion |ˌlevəˈtāSHən |noun, lev i ta tor |-ˌtātər |noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin levis ‘light, ’ on the pattern of gravitate .

 

Oxford Dictionary

levitate

levitate |ˈlɛvɪteɪt | ▶verb rise or cause to rise and hover in the air, typically by means of supposed magical powers: [ no obj. ] : I swear to God he levitated over the bar | [ with obj. ] : I focused on levitating the rucksack. DERIVATIVES levitation noun, levitator noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin levis ‘light ’, on the pattern of gravitate .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

levitate

levitate verb the spaceship slowly levitated over the cornfield: float, rise, rise into the air, hover, be suspended, glide, hang, fly, soar up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

levitate

levitate verb the casket suddenly levitated a metre above the ground: float, rise into the air, rise, hover, be suspended, glide, waft, drift, hang, defy gravity, fly, soar up.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

levitate

lev i tate /lévɪtèɪt /動詞 自動詞 他動詞 (魔術 心霊術などの力で )(…が [を ])空中に浮く [浮かせる ].