gravitates

Verb

gravitate (third-person singular simple present gravitates, present participle gravitating, simple past and past participle gravitated)

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.1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books, book II
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.