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  • verb Present participle of levitate.

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Examples

  • Tonight I called to wish him and his wife luck; they both told me that they feel like they're "levitating" on all the prayers people are offering for them.

    A Most Excellent Rickety Contrivance Susan Palwick 2006

  • She had no difficulty in imagining how the objects were "levitating"; one by one, they'd been pulled up by wires or black strings, probably hooked by means of a fishing rod from the room above.

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • The next experiments consisted in raising or "levitating" small objects from the table -- by placing the medium's hands on either side of them.

    The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919

  • Keith suggests two novel geoengineering approaches-'levitating 'engineered nano-particles, and the airborne release of sulphuric acid-in two newly published studies.

    R&D Mag - News 2010

  • Keith suggests two novel geoengineering approaches-'levitating 'engineered nano-particles, and the airborne release of sulphuric acid-in two newly published studies.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010

  • In truth, "levitating" trains really do exist - but they are properly called maglev trains, and they are high-tech marvels.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • In truth, "levitating" trains really do exist - but they are properly called maglev trains, and they are high-tech marvels.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • In truth, "levitating" trains really do exist - but they are properly called maglev trains, and they are high-tech marvels.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • In truth, "levitating" trains really do exist - but they are properly called maglev trains, and they are high-tech marvels.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • In truth, "levitating" trains really do exist - but they are properly called maglev trains, and they are high-tech marvels.

    BlueOregon 2009

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