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Definition of Gravitates
1. gravitate [v] - See also: gravitate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravitates
Literary usage of Gravitates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"Contract emigration gravitates to Macao 15. Horrors of service in Cuba 16.
Prohibition of emigration from Macao, 1875 17. Growing hostility to Chinese in ..."
2. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"Thus the first step which I took to extricate myself from my ignorance, while
all matter gravitates towards a centre. Light appears to be penetrable, ..."
3. The Principles of Political Economy Applied to the Condition, the Resources by Francis Bowen (1859)
"In these modern days, political influence gravitates towards property, as in
former ages it was always united with military strength. ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"the moon gravitates towards the earth, and by the force of gravity is continually
drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit, ..."
5. Success Among Nations by Emil Reich (1904)
"... and will have for generations to come, neither wealth material nor wealth
intellectual or volitional. Gravitates, since 1762, exclusively towards Asia. ..."
6. The Equilibration of Human Aptitudes and Powers of Adaptation by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1895)
"... inordinately Rich—Explanation—What Society might accomplish in a Generation—All
the World Could be Reconstructed in Ninety Days—Right Mun Gravitates to ..."
7. Elements of Physics: Or Natural Philosophy by Neil Arnott (1887)
""All matter gravitates." 13. There is another property which constantly and
inseparably accompanies matter, and which we are equally powerless to control. ..."
8. A Manual of anatomy for senior students by Edmund Owen (1890)
"As the patient lies in bed the effusion does not at first increase the area of
dulness, because it gravitates to the back of the sac—collecting behind the ..."
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