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What is the verb for gravity?

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gravitate
  1. (intransitive, astrophysics) To move under the force of gravity.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Surprisingly, then, it behooves the discerning reader to gravitate toward books that are homely.”
      “But the servant made him see with his own eyes that although by nature liquids gravitate downwards, they press and spout in every direction, even upwards, as long as they find places to reach.”
      “People involved in a drug culture tend to gravitate toward others who are doing the same thing.”
gravitates
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gravitate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “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.”
      “If he has come to battle without a defining belief system, he usually gravitates to the spirituality he finds among his comrades.”
      “When ordinary matter gravitates together, it clumps forming familiar objects like stars and planets.”
gravitated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of gravitate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Instead of stepping into the medical profession, he gravitated towards music.”
      “Several dowdy ladies gravitated towards them, bringing cups plates and enquiring minds.”
      “A natural athlete she gravitated to basketball as an outlet for her skills.”
gravitating
  1. present participle of gravitate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He then moved into percussion and orchestral instruments before gravitating to singing and conducting.”
      “Our own media have some responsibility to try to present a balanced picture instead of always gravitating for the sensational.”
      “Urban densification has resulted in more and more residents gravitating to parks to meet their outdoor recreational needs.”
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