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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.
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.
Definition 2024
gravitate
gravitate
English
Verb
gravitate (third-person singular simple present gravitates, present participle gravitating, simple past and past participle gravitated)
- (intransitive, astrophysics) To move under the force of gravity.
- 1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books, book II:
- Theſe, who have nature's ſteps with care purſued,
That matter is with active force endued,
That all its parts magnetic power exert,
And to each other gravitate, aſſert.
- Theſe, who have nature's ſteps with care purſued,
- 1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books, book II:
- (intransitive, figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
- Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.
- 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations:
- The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating.
- 1923, Elbert Hubbard, "J.B. Runs Things":
- Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
Translations
to move under the force of gravity
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to tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity
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Italian
Verb
gravitate
- second-person plural present indicative of gravitare
- second-person plural imperative of gravitare
- feminine plural of gravitato
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
grav + -itate. From French gravité.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡra.viˈta.te]
Noun
gravitate f (uncountable)
Declension
declension of gravitate (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (o) gravitate | gravitatea |
| genitive/dative | (unei) gravități | gravității |
| vocative | gravitate, gravitateo | |