gravitate

gravitate
    v 1: move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"
    2: be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
    3: move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate
       towards each other"
    

Gravitate \Grav"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gravitated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Gravitating}.] [Cf. F. graviter. See
   {Gravity.}]
   To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force or pressure,
   or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend
   in any direction or toward any object.
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         Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all
         bodies gravitate toward each other.      --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.
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         Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the
         stronger party.                          --Macaulay.
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57 Moby Thesaurus words for "gravitate":
      bend to, bias, cascade, cataract, collapse, come down, conduce,
      contribute, crash, descend, dip down, dispose, down, drop,
      drop down, drop off, fall, fall down, fall off, go, go down,
      go downhill, have a tendency, head, incline, lead, lean, look to,
      lose altitude, parachute, pitch, plummet, plunge, point, point to,
      pounce, pour down, precipitate, rain, redound to, serve, set,
      set toward, settle, show a tendency, sink, stoop, subside, swoop,
      tend, tend to go, trend, trend downward, turn, verge, warp,
      work toward