GRAND_JURY — GRAVITATING NWAD GRAND_JURY.1

GRAND JURY, n. [grand and jury.] A jury whose duty is to examine into the grounds of accusation against offenders, and if they see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them to be presented to the court. NWAD GRAND_JURY.1

GRANDLY, adv. In a lofty manner; splendidly; sublimely. NWAD GRANDLY.1

GRANDMOTHER, n. The mother of one’s father or mother. NWAD GRANDMOTHER.1

GRANDNESS, n. Grandeur; greatness with beauty; magnificence. NWAD GRANDNESS.1

GRANDSIRE, n. A grandfather. NWAD GRANDSIRE.1

1. In poetry and rhetoric, any ancestor. NWAD GRANDSIRE.2

GRANDSON, n. The son of a son or daughter. NWAD GRANDSON.1

GRANGE, n. granj. A farm, with the buildings, stables, etc. NWAD GRANGE.1

GRANILITE, n. [See Granit.] Indeterminate granit; granit that contains more than three constituent parts. NWAD GRANILITE.1

GRANIT, GRANITE, n. In mineralogy, an aggregate stone or rock, composed of crystalline grains of quartz, feldspar and mica, or at least of two of these minerals, united without a cement, or confusedly crystallized. The grains very in size from that of a pin’s head, to a mass of two or three feet; but usually the largest size is that of a nut. The color of granit is greatly diversified by the different colors and proportions of the component parts, and in general these stones are very hard. NWAD GRANIT.1

GRANITEL, n. [dim. of granit.] A binary aggregate of minerals; a granitic compound containing two constituent parts, as quartz and feldspar, or quartz and shorl or hornblend. NWAD GRANITEL.1

Italian workmen give this name to a variety of gray granit consisting of small grains. NWAD GRANITEL.2

GRANITIC, a. Pertaining to granit; like granit; having the nature of granitic; as granitic texture. NWAD GRANITIC.1

1. Consisting of granit; as granitic mountains. NWAD GRANITIC.2

Granitic aggregates, in mineralogy, granular compounds of two or more simple minerals, in which only one of the essential ingredients of granit is present; as quartz and hornblend, feldspar and shorl, etc. Similar compounds occur, in which none of the ingredients of granit are present. NWAD GRANITIC.3

GRANITIN, n. A granitic aggregate of three species of minerals, some of which differ from the species which compose granit; as quartz, feldspar, and jade or shorl. NWAD GRANITIN.1

GRANIVOROUS, a. [L. granum, grain, and voro, to eat.] NWAD GRANIVOROUS.1

Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as granivorous birds. NWAD GRANIVOROUS.2

Grannam, for grandam, a grandmother. [Vulgar.] NWAD GRANIVOROUS.3

GRANT, v.t. NWAD GRANT.1

1. To admit as true what is not proved; to allow; to yield; to concede. We take that for granted which is supposed to be true. NWAD GRANT.2

Grant that the fates have firmed, by their decree-- NWAD GRANT.3

2. To give; to bestow or confer on without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request. NWAD GRANT.4

Thou hast granted me life and favor. Job 10:12. NWAD GRANT.5

God granted him that which he requested. 1 Chronicles 4:10. NWAD GRANT.6

3. To transfer the title of a thing to another, for a good or valuable consideration; to convey by deed or writing. The legislature have granted all the new land. NWAD GRANT.7

Grant me the place of this threshing floor. 1 Chronicles 21:22. NWAD GRANT.8

GR`ANT, n. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring. NWAD GRANT.9

1. The thing granted or bestowed; a gift; a boon. NWAD GRANT.10

2. In law, a conveyance in writing, of such things as cannot pass or be transferred by word only, as land, rents, reversions, tithes, etc. NWAD GRANT.11

A grant is an executed contract. NWAD GRANT.12

3. Concession; admission of something as true. NWAD GRANT.13

4. The thing conveyed by deed or patent. NWAD GRANT.14

GRANTABLE, a. That may be granted or conveyed. NWAD GRANTABLE.1

GRANTED, pp. Admitted as true; conceded; yielded; bestowed; conveyed. NWAD GRANTED.1

GRANTEE, n. The person to whom a conveyance is made. NWAD GRANTEE.1

GRANTING, ppr. Admitting; conceding; bestowing; conveying. NWAD GRANTING.1

GRANTOR, n. The person who grants; one who conveys lands, rents, etc. NWAD GRANTOR.1

GRANULAR, a. [from L. granum, grain.] NWAD GRANULAR.1

1. Consisting of grains; as a granular substance. NWAD GRANULAR.2

2. Resembling grains; as a stone of granular appearance. NWAD GRANULAR.3

GRANULATE, v.t. [L. granum.] NWAD GRANULATE.1

1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder or sugar. NWAD GRANULATE.2

2. To raise into small asperities; to make rough on the surface. NWAD GRANULATE.3

GRANULATE, v.i. To collect or be formed into grains; as cane-juice granulates into sugar; melted metals granulate when poured into water. NWAD GRANULATE.4

GRANULATED, pp. Formed into grains. NWAD GRANULATED.1

1. Consisting of grains; resembling grains. NWAD GRANULATED.2

GRANULATING, ppr. Forming into grains. NWAD GRANULATING.1

GRANULATION, n. The act of forming into grains; as the granulation of powder and sugar. In chimistry, the granulation of metallic substances is performed by pouring the melted substances slowly into water, which is, at the same time, agitated with a broom. NWAD GRANULATION.1

GRANULE, n. [L. granum.] A little grain; a small particle. NWAD GRANULE.1

GRANULOUS, a. Full of grains; abounding with granular substances. NWAD GRANULOUS.1

GRAPE, n. [This word is from the root of grab, gripe, and signifies primarily a cluster or bunch.] NWAD GRAPE.1

1. Properly, a cluster of the fruit of the vine; but with us, a single berry of the vine; the fruit from which wine is made by expression and fermentation. NWAD GRAPE.2

2. In the manege, grapes signifies mangy tumors on the legs of a horse. NWAD GRAPE.3

GRAPE-HYACINTH, n. A plant or flower, a species of Hyacinthus. NWAD GRAPE-HYACINTH.1

GRAPELESS, a. Wanting the strength and flavor of the grape. NWAD GRAPELESS.1

GRAPESHOT, n. A cluster of small shot, confined in a canvas bag, forming a kind of cylinder, whose diameter is equal to that of the ball adapted to the cannon. NWAD GRAPESHOT.1

GRAPESTONE, n. The stone or seed of the grape. NWAD GRAPESTONE.1

GRAPHIC, GRAPHICAL, a. [L. graphicus; Gr. to write.] NWAD GRAPHIC.1

1. Pertaining to the art of writing or delineating. NWAD GRAPHIC.2

2. Well delineated. NWAD GRAPHIC.3

3. Describing with accuracy. NWAD GRAPHIC.4

GRAPHICALLY, adv. With good delineation; in a picturesque manner. NWAD GRAPHICALLY.1

GRAPHITE, n. [Gr. to write.] Carburet of iron, a substance used for pencils, and very improperly called black-lead. NWAD GRAPHITE.1

GRAPHOLITE, n. [supra.] A species of slate proper for writing on. NWAD GRAPHOLITE.1

GRAPHOMETER, n. [Gr. to describe, measure.] A mathematical instrument, called also a semicircle, whose use is to observe any angle whose vertex is at the center of the instrument in any plane, and to find how many degrees it contains. NWAD GRAPHOMETER.1

GRAPHOMETRICAL, a. Pertaining to or ascertained by a graphometer. NWAD GRAPHOMETRICAL.1

GRAPNEL, GRAPLING, n. NWAD GRAPNEL.1

1. A small anchor fitted with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels. NWAD GRAPNEL.2

2. A grappling iron, used to seize and hold one ship to another in engagements. This is called a fire grapling. NWAD GRAPNEL.3

GRAPPLE, v.t. NWAD GRAPPLE.1

1. To seize; to lay fast hold on, either with the hands or with hooks. We say, a man grapples his antagonist, or a ship grapples another ship. NWAD GRAPPLE.2

2. To fasten; to fix, as the mind or heart. [Not in use.] NWAD GRAPPLE.3

GRAPPLE, v.i. To seize; to contend in close fight, as wrestlers. NWAD GRAPPLE.4

To grapple with, to contend with, to struggle with successfully. NWAD GRAPPLE.5

GRAPPLE, n. A seizing; close hug in contest; the wrestler’s hold. NWAD GRAPPLE.6

1. Close fight. NWAD GRAPPLE.7

2. A hook or iron instrument by which one ship fastens on another. NWAD GRAPPLE.8

GRAPPLEMENT, n. A grappling; close fight or embrace. NWAD GRAPPLEMENT.1

GRAPY, a. Like grapes; full of clusters of grapes. NWAD GRAPY.1

1. Made of grapes. NWAD GRAPY.2

GRASP, v.t. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms. We say, to grasp with the hand, or with the arms. NWAD GRASP.1

1. To catch; to seize; to lay hold of; to take possession of. Kings often grasp more than they can hold. NWAD GRASP.2

GR`ASP, v.i. To catch or seize; to gripe. NWAD GRASP.3

1. To struggle; to strive. [Not in use.] NWAD GRASP.4

2. To encroach. NWAD GRASP.5

To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize. NWAD GRASP.6

Alexander grasped at universal empire. NWAD GRASP.7

GR`ASP, n. The gripe or seizure of the hand. This seems to be its proper sense; but it denotes also a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. NWAD GRASP.8

1. Possession; hold. NWAD GRASP.9

2. Reach of the arms; and figuratively, the power of seizing. Bonaparte seemed to think he had the Russian empire within his grasp. NWAD GRASP.10

GRASPED, pp. Seized with the hands or arms, embraced; held; possessed. NWAD GRASPED.1

GRASPER, n. One who grasps or seizes; one who catches at; one who holds. NWAD GRASPER.1

GRASPING, ppr. Seizing; embracing; catching; holding. NWAD GRASPING.1

GRASS, n. NWAD GRASS.1

1. In common usage, herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts. NWAD GRASS.2

2. In botany, a plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, a husky calyx, called glume, and the seed single. This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses form a numerous family of plants. NWAD GRASS.3

Grass of Parnassus, a plant, the Parnassia. NWAD GRASS.4

GR`ASS, v.t. To cover with grass or with turf. NWAD GRASS.5

GR`ASS, v.i. To breed grass; to be covered with grass. NWAD GRASS.6

GRASSATION, n. [L. grassatio.] A wandering about. [Little used.] NWAD GRASSATION.1

GRASS-GREEN, a. Green with grass. NWAD GRASS-GREEN.1

1. Dark green, like the color of grass. NWAD GRASS-GREEN.2

GRASS-GROWN, a. Overgrown with grass. NWAD GRASS-GROWN.1

GRASSHOPPER, n. [grass and hop.] An animal that lives among grass, a species of Gryllus. NWAD GRASSHOPPER.1

GRASSINESS, n. [from grassy.] The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state. NWAD GRASSINESS.1

GRASSLESS, a. Destitute of grass. NWAD GRASSLESS.1

GRASSPLOT, n. A plat or level spot covered with grass. NWAD GRASSPLOT.1

GRASSPOLY, n. A plant, a species of Lythrum or willow-wort. NWAD GRASSPOLY.1

GRASSVETCH, n. A plant of the genus Lathyrus. NWAD GRASSVETCH.1

GRASSWRACK, n. A plant, the Zostera. NWAD GRASSWRACK.1

GRASSY, a. Covered with grass; abounding with grass. NWAD GRASSY.1

1. Resembling grass; green. NWAD GRASSY.2

GRATE, n. [L. crates, a grate, a hurdle.] NWAD GRATE.1

1. A work or frame, composed of parallel or cross bars, with interstices; a kind of lattice-work, such as is used in the windows of prisons and cloisters. NWAD GRATE.2

2. An instrument or frame of iron bars for holding coals, used as fuel, in houses, stores, shops, etc. NWAD GRATE.3

GRATE, v.t. To furnish with grates; to make fast with cross bars. NWAD GRATE.4

GRATE, v.t. [L. rado.] NWAD GRATE.5

1. To rub, as a body with a rough surface against another body; to rub one thing against another, so as to produce a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth. NWAD GRATE.6

2. To wear away in small particles, by rubbing with any thing rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg. NWAD GRATE.7

3. To offend; to fret; to vex; to irritate; to mortify; as, harsh words grate the heart; they are grating to the feeling; harsh sounds grate the ear. NWAD GRATE.8

4. To make a harsh sound, by rubbing or the friction of rough bodies. NWAD GRATE.9

GRATE, v.i. To rub hard, so as to offend; to offend by oppression or importunity. NWAD GRATE.10

This grated harder upon the hearts of men. NWAD GRATE.11

1. To make a harsh sound by the friction of rough bodies. NWAD GRATE.12

GRATE, a. [L. gratus.] Agreeable. [Not in use.] NWAD GRATE.13

GRATED, pp. Rubbed harshly; worn off by rubbing. NWAD GRATED.1

1. Furnished with a grate; as grated windows. NWAD GRATED.2

GRATEFUL, a. [from L. gratus. See Grace.] NWAD GRATEFUL.1

1. Having a due sense of benefits; kindly disposed towards one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay benefits; as a grateful heart. NWAD GRATEFUL.2

2. Agreeable; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; as a grateful present; a grateful offering. NWAD GRATEFUL.3

3. Pleasing to the taste; delicious; affording pleasure; as food or drink grateful offering. NWAD GRATEFUL.4

Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine, NWAD GRATEFUL.5

And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine. NWAD GRATEFUL.6

GRATEFULLY, adv. With a due sense of benefits or favors; in a manner that disposes to kindness, in return for favors. The gift was gratefully received. NWAD GRATEFULLY.1

1. In a pleasing manner. Study continually furnishes something new, which may strike the imagination gratefully. NWAD GRATEFULLY.2

GRATEFULNESS, n. The quality of being grateful; gratitude. NWAD GRATEFULNESS.1

1. The quality of being agreeable or pleasant to the mind or to the taste. NWAD GRATEFULNESS.2

GRATER, n. [See Grate.] An instrument or utensil with a rough indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of a body; as a grater for nutmegs. NWAD GRATER.1

GRATIFICATION, n. [L. gratificatio, from gratificor; gratus and facio, to make.] NWAD GRATIFICATION.1

1. The act of pleasing, either the mind, the taste or the appetite. We speak of the gratification of the taste or the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the mind, soul or heart. NWAD GRATIFICATION.2

2. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; delight. It is not easy to renounce gratifications to which we are accustomed. NWAD GRATIFICATION.3

3. Reward; recompense. NWAD GRATIFICATION.4

GRATIFIED, pp. Pleased; indulged according to desire. NWAD GRATIFIED.1

GRATIFIER, n. One who gratifies or pleases. NWAD GRATIFIER.1

GRATIFY, v.t. [L. gratificor; gratus, agreeable, and facio, to make.] NWAD GRATIFY.1

1. To please; to give pleasure to; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc. NWAD GRATIFY.2

2. To delight; to please; to humor; to soothe; to satisfy; to indulge to satisfaction. NWAD GRATIFY.3

For who would die to gratify a foe? NWAD GRATIFY.4

3. To requite; to recompense. NWAD GRATIFY.5

GRATIFYING, ppr. Pleasing; indulging to satisfaction. NWAD GRATIFYING.1

1. Giving pleasure; affording satisfaction. NWAD GRATIFYING.2

GRATING, ppr. [See Grate.] Rubbing; wearing off in particles. NWAD GRATING.1

1. Fretting; irritating; harsh; as grating sounds, or a grating reflection. NWAD GRATING.2

GRATING, GRATINGS, n. [See Grate.] A partition of bars; an open cover for the hatches of a ship, resembling lattice-work. NWAD GRATING.3

GRATINGLY, adv. Harshly; offensively; in a manner to irritate. NWAD GRATINGLY.1

GRATIS, adv. [L.] For nothing; freely; without recompense; as, to give a thing gratis; to perform service gratis. NWAD GRATIS.1

GRATITUDE, n. [L. gratitudo, from gratus, pleasing. See Grace.] NWAD GRATITUDE.1

An emotion of the heart, excited by a favor or benefit received; a sentiment of kindness or good will towards a benefactor; thankfulness. Gratitude is an agreeable emotion, consisting in or accompanied with good will to a benefactor, and a disposition to make a suitable return of benefits or services, or when no return can be made, with a desire to see the benefactor prosperous and happy. Gratitude is a virtue of the highest excellence, as it implies a feeling and generous heart, and a proper sense of duty. NWAD GRATITUDE.2

The love of God is the sublimest gratitude. NWAD GRATITUDE.3

GRATUITOUS, a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus.] NWAD GRATUITOUS.1

1. Free; voluntary; not required by justice; granted without claim or merit. NWAD GRATUITOUS.2

We mistake the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our own industry. NWAD GRATUITOUS.3

2. Asserted or taken without proof; as a gratuitous argument or affirmation. NWAD GRATUITOUS.4

GRATUITOUSLY, adv. Freely; voluntarily; without claim or merit; without an equivalent or compensation; as labor or services gratuitously bestowed. NWAD GRATUITOUSLY.1

1. Without proof; as a principle gratuitously assumed. NWAD GRATUITOUSLY.2

GRATUITY, n. NWAD GRATUITY.1

1. A free gift; a present; a donation; that which is given without a compensation or equivalent. NWAD GRATUITY.2

2. Something given in return for a favor; an acknowledgment. NWAD GRATUITY.3

GRATULATE, v.t. [L. gratulor, from gratus, pleasing, grateful.] NWAD GRATULATE.1

1. To express joy or pleasure to a person, on account of his success, or the reception of some good; to salute with declarations of joy; to congratulate. [The latter word is more generally used.] NWAD GRATULATE.2

To gratulate the gentle princes there. NWAD GRATULATE.3

2. To wish or express joy to. NWAD GRATULATE.4

3. To declare joy for; to mention with joy. NWAD GRATULATE.5

GRATULATED, pp. Addressed with expressions of joy. NWAD GRATULATED.1

GRATULATING, ppr. Addressing with expressions of joy, on account of some good received. NWAD GRATULATING.1

GRATULATION, n. [L. gratulatio.] An address or expression ofjoy to a person, on account of some good received by him; congratulation. NWAD GRATULATION.1

I shall turn my wishes into gratulations. NWAD GRATULATION.2

GRATULATORY, a. Expressing gratulation; congratulatory. NWAD GRATULATORY.1

GRAVE, a final syllable, is a grove. NWAD GRAVE.1

GRAVE, v.t. pret. graved; pp. graven or graved. [Gr. to write; originally all writing was graving; Eng. to scrape.] NWAD GRAVE.2

1. To carve or cut letters or figures on stone or other hard substance, with a chisel or edged tool; to engrave. [The latter word is now more generally used.] NWAD GRAVE.3

Thou shalt take two onyx-stones and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. Exodus 28:9. NWAD GRAVE.4

2. To carve; to form or shape by cutting with a chisel; as, to grave an image. NWAD GRAVE.5

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Exodus 20:4. NWAD GRAVE.6

3. To clean a ship’s bottom by burning off filth, grass or other foreign matter, and paying it over with pitch. NWAD GRAVE.7

4. To entomb. [Unusual.] NWAD GRAVE.8

GRAVE, v.i. To carve; to write or delineate on hard substances; to practice engraving. NWAD GRAVE.9

GRAVE, n. [L. scrobs.] NWAD GRAVE.10

1. The ditch, pit or excavated place in which a dead human body is deposited; a place for the corpse of a human being; a sepulcher. NWAD GRAVE.11

2. A tomb. NWAD GRAVE.12

3. Any place where the dead are reposited; a place of great slaughter or mortality. Flanders was formerly the grave of English armies. Russia proved to be the grave of the French army under Bonaparte. The tropical climates are the grave of American seamen and of British soldiers. NWAD GRAVE.13

4. Graves, in the plural, sediment of tallow melted. [Not in use or local.] NWAD GRAVE.14

GRAVE, a. [L. gravis, heavy, whence L. gravo, and aggravo, to aggravate.] NWAD GRAVE.15

1. In music, low; depressed; solemn; opposed to sharp, acute, or high; as a grave tone or sound. Sometimes grave denotes slow. NWAD GRAVE.16

2. Solemn; sober; serious; opposed to gay, light or jovial; as a man of a grave deportment; a grave character. NWAD GRAVE.17

Youth on silent wings is flown; NWAD GRAVE.18

Graver years come rolling on. NWAD GRAVE.19

3. Plain; not gay; not showy or tawdry; as a grave suit of clothes. NWAD GRAVE.20

4. Being of weight; of a serious character; as a grave writer. NWAD GRAVE.21

5. Important; momentous; having a serious and interesting import. NWAD GRAVE.22

GRAVE-CLOTHES, n. The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred. NWAD GRAVE-CLOTHES.1

GRAVE-DIGGER, n. One whose occupation is to dig graves. NWAD GRAVE-DIGGER.1

GRAVE-MAKER, n. A grave-digger. NWAD GRAVE-MAKER.1

GRAVE-STONE, n. A stone laid over a grave, or erected near it, as a monument to preserve the memory of the dead. NWAD GRAVE-STONE.1

GRAVED, pp. [See the Verb.] Carved; engraved; cleaned, as a ship. NWAD GRAVED.1

GRAVEL, n. NWAD GRAVEL.1

1. Small stones or fragments of stone, or very small pebbles, larger than the particles of sand, but often intermixed with them. NWAD GRAVEL.2

2. In medicine, small calculous concretions in the kidneys and bladder. NWAD GRAVEL.3

GRAVEL, v.t. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. NWAD GRAVEL.4

1. To stick in the sand. NWAD GRAVEL.5

2. To puzzle; to stop; to embarrass. NWAD GRAVEL.6

3. To hurt the foot of a horse, by gravel lodged under the shoe. NWAD GRAVEL.7

GRAVELED, pp. Covered with gravel; stopped; embarrassed; injured by gravel. NWAD GRAVELED.1

GRAVELESS, a. [from grave.] Without a grave or tomb; unburied. NWAD GRAVELESS.1

GRAVELLY, a. [from gravel.] Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as a gravelly soil or land. NWAD GRAVELLY.1

GRAVEL-WALK, n. A walk or alley covered with gravel, which makes a hard and dry bottom; used in gardens and malls. NWAD GRAVEL-WALK.1

GRAVELY, adv. [from grave.] In a grave, solemn manner; soberly; seriously. NWAD GRAVELY.1

The queen of learning gravely smiles. NWAD GRAVELY.2

1. Without gaudiness or show; as, to be dressed gravely. NWAD GRAVELY.3

GRAVENESS, n. Seriousness; solemnity; sobriety of behavior; gravity of manners or discourse. NWAD GRAVENESS.1

GRAVER, n. [See Grave.] One who carves or engraves; one whose profession is to cut letters or figures in stone, etc.; a sculptor. NWAD GRAVER.1

1. An engraving tool; an instrument for graving on hard substances. NWAD GRAVER.2

GRAVID, a. [L. gravidus, from gravis, heavy.] NWAD GRAVID.1

Pregnant; being with child. NWAD GRAVID.2

GRAVIDATED, a. Made pregnant; big. [Not in use.] NWAD GRAVIDATED.1

GRAVIDATION, n. Pregnancy. [Not in use.] NWAD GRAVIDATION.1

GRAVIDITY, n. Pregnancy. [Not in use.] NWAD GRAVIDITY.1

GRAVING, ppr. Engraving; carving; cutting figures on stone, copper or other hard substance. NWAD GRAVING.1

GRAVING, n. Carved work. 2 Chronicles 2:14. NWAD GRAVING.2

1. Impression. NWAD GRAVING.3

GRAVITATE, v.i. [L. gravitas, from gravis, heavy.] NWAD GRAVITATE.1

To tend to the center of a body, or the central point of attraction. Thus a body elevated above the earth tends to fall, that is, it gravitates towards the center of the earth; and the planets are supposed to gravitate towards the sun, or center of the solar system. NWAD GRAVITATE.2

GRAVITATING, ppr. Tending to the center of a body or system of bodies. NWAD GRAVITATING.1