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   gravitate

   /ˈɡravɪteɪt/

   verb

   • 1. move towards or be attracted to a person or thing: "young western Europeans will gravitate to Berlin"
   • 2. move, or tend to move, towards a centre of gravity or other attractive force: "the electron does not gravitate towards the nucleus"
   • ▪ descend or sink by the force of gravity: archaic "water does not gravitate on any part of itself beneath it"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from modern Latin gravitat-, from the verb gravitare, from Latin gravitas ‘weight’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • T

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   • A

     1

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