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gravi·tate (grav′i tāt′)

intransitive verb gravitated -·tat′ed, gravitating -·tat′·ing

  1. to move or tend to move in accordance with the force of gravity
  2. Rare to sink or settle
  3. to be attracted or tend to move (toward something or someone)

Etymology: < ModL gravitatus, pp. of gravitare (coined by Sir Isaac Newton) < L gravitas: see gravity

transitive verb

to cause to gravitate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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