levitate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[levitate 词源字典]
1670s, "to rise by virtue of lightness," from Latin levitas "lightness," patterned in English on gravitate. Sense of "raise (a person) into the air" is mainly from spiritualism (1870s). Related: Levitated; levitating.[levitate etymology, levitate origin, 英语词源]