In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
levitation
(noun) the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
levitation
(noun) movement upward in virtue of lightness
levitation
(noun) the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
Source: WordNet® 3.1
levitation (countable and uncountable, plural levitations)
The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind
The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism
• velitation
Source: Wiktionary
Lev`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. levis light in weight.]
1. Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. Paley.
2. The act or process of making buoyant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.