Definition of "gravitate"

gravitate

/ˈɡɹævɪteit/

verb
third-person singular simple present gravitates, present participle gravitating, simple past and past participle gravitated
1. (intransitive, astrophysics) To move under the force of gravity.
  Quotations
  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.
  1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books, book II
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
  Quotations
  The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating.
  1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations
  Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
  1923, Elbert Hubbard, J.B. Runs Things
  A considerable amount of new rolling stock has been built for the main line services during recent years, and the older stock has gravitated to the secondary and branch lines.
  1940 May, “The Irish Railways Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 296
  I lingered with seven new friends from Chicago on a back balcony, where concert attendees waiting to be convinced traditionally congregate. The more we drank, the farther up front we gravitated. I finished the show a few feet from the stage.
  2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times‎