gravitate
English
Etymology
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Back-formation from gravitation. Or borrowed from New Latin gravito, gravitatus.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (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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References
- “gravitate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “gravitate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian
Verb
gravitate
- second-person plural present indicative of gravitare
- second-person plural imperative of gravitare
- feminine plural of gravitato
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) gravitāte
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gravité, Latin gravitas, gravitatem; equivalent to grav + -itate. Compare greutate, possibly an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
Noun
gravitate f (uncountable)
Declension
declension of gravitate (singular only)
singular | ||
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f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (o) gravitate | gravitatea |
genitive/dative | (unei) gravități | gravității |
vocative | gravitate, gravitateo |
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