gravitate

verb

1. (intransitive)To move under the force of gravity.

   “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.”

2. (figuratively, intransitive)To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.

   “Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.”

   “The guests slowly gravitated to the kitchen.”

   “The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating.”

   “As the presence of any considerable number of priests on an ocean steamer is supposed to bring rough weather, so the addition of a few hundred parsons to the population of Edinburgh is believed to induce rain,—or perhaps I should say, more rain.”

   “Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.”