Gravitating
[grav-i-teyt] /ˈgræv ɪˌteɪt/
verb (used without object), gravitated, gravitating.
1.
to move or tend to move under the influence of force.
2.
to tend toward the lowest level; sink; fall.
3.
to have a natural tendency or be strongly attracted (usually followed by to or toward):
Musicians gravitate toward one another.
/ˈɡrævɪˌteɪt/
verb (intransitive)
1.
(physics) to move under the influence of gravity
2.
usually foll by to or towards. to be influenced or drawn, as by strong impulses
3.
to sink or settle
v.
1640s, “exert weight, move downward,” from Modern Latin gravitatus, past participle of gravitare “gravitate,” from Latin gravitas “heaviness, weight” (see gravity). Meaning “To be affected by gravity” is from 1690s. Figurative use from 1670s. Related: Gravitated; gravitating. The classical Latin verb was gravare “to make heavy, burden, oppress, aggravate.”
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