levitate

intransitive & transitive verb

To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity.

To cause to become buoyant in the atmosphere; make light, so as to cause to float in the air; deprive of normal gravity.

To act or move by force of levity—that is, by a repulsive force, contrary to gravity; overcome the force of gravity by means of specific lightness: especially, in recent use, said of a body heavier than the air, but supposed to rise in it by spiritual means.

intransitive verb

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

transitive verb

To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air.