Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gravitate

Gravitate , intransitive verb

[Compare French 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.
Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies gravitate toward each other. — Sir W. Hamilton
Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party. — Macaulay