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Lev Meaning Latin Adjective Levis Light Verb Levare

word LEV
meaning LEV comes from the Latin adjective levis, meaning “light,” and the verb levare, meaning “to raise or lighten.” So a lever is a bar used to lift something, by means of leverage. And levitation is the magician's trick in which a body seems to rise into the air by itself.

Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:1, mwvb::unit:1:root, obsidian_to_anki

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