levitation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
  2. noun movement upward in virtue of lightness
  3. noun the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means

WordNet

Lev`i*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. levis light in weight.
Definitions
  1. Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. Paley.
  2. The act or process of making buoyant.

Webster 1913