Lexic.us

Definition of Gravitate

1. Verb. Move toward. "The conversation gravitated towards politics"

2. Verb. Be attracted to. "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"

3. Verb. Move due to the pull of gravitation. "The stars gravitate towards each other"

Definition of Gravitate

1. v. i. To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.

Definition of Gravitate

1. Verb. (intransitive) To move under the force of gravity. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) (figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gravitate

1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Medical Definition of Gravitate

1. To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object. "Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies gravitate toward each other." (Sir W. Hamilton) "Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party." (Macaulay) Origin: Cf. F. Graviter. See Gravity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravitate

graving graving dock graving tool gravings graviperception graviphoton graviphotons graviportal gravireaction gravireceptors

graviscalar graviscalars gravitactic gravitas gravitases gravitate (current term) gravitated gravitates gravitating gravitation

gravitation abscess gravitation wave gravitational gravitational attraction gravitational collapse gravitational constant gravitational convection gravitational field gravitational fields

Literary usage of Gravitate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mars as the Abode of Life by Percival Lowell (1908)
"Kcs gravitate together, Strewn thus about the scene of the encounter, the generating . rii • iiii heat pieces or the disrupted sun would begin to gravitate ..."

2. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"Centres of Activity gravitate towards Orange and Culpeper Counties— Pope's Unsoldierly Preliminary Orders—Jackson's and Pope's Encounter at Slaughter ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. shaky, quivery, quavery (тате), trembly (rare); spec, tottery. trend, vi tend (rare of persons), gravitate (formal or learned), set, drift, strike (rare ..."

4. The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented by Benjamin Martin (1735)
"... to their different Quantity of Matter contained in them, as I faid before. A. What, Sir, do you fay that Bodies gravitate towards one another ? ..."

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