levitates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levitate
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Source: Wiktionary
Lev"i*tate, v. i. Etym: [L. levitas, -atis, lightness. See Levity.]
Definition: To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. Sir. J. Herschel.
Lev"i*tate, v. i. (Spiritualism)
Definition: To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 March 2025
(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
