precess

Other forms: precesses

Definitions of precess
  1. verb
    move in a gyrating fashion
    “the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied”
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    type of:
    go, locomote, move, travel
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
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