Rise and hover in the air (8)
I believe the answer is:
levitate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">rise and hover in the air</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for levitate that I've seen before include "Rise in the air, unsupported" , "Lift" , "Cause to rise and hover" , "Cause to float, spiritualist fashion" , "Rise and float in defiance of gravity" .)