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Webster 1913 Edition

Gravitate

Grav′i-tate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gravitated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gravitating
.]
[Cf. F.
graviter.
See
Gravity.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gravitate

GRAV'ITATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. gravitas, from gravis, heavy.]
To tend to the center of a body, or the central point of attraction. Thus a body elevated above the earth tends to fall, that is, it gravitates towards the center of the earth; and the planets are supposed to gravitate towards the sun, or center of the solar system.

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