Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Levitate

Levitate (lev"i*tāt) , intransitive verb

[Latin levitas, -atis, lightness. See Levity.]

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

Levitate , transitive verb

(Spiritualism) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant]