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reciprocate
[ ri-sip-ruh-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
, re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing.
- to give, feel, etc., in return.
- to give and receive reciprocally; interchange:
to reciprocate favors.
- to cause to move alternately backward and forward.
verb (used without object)
, re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing.
- to make a return, as for something given.
- to make interchange.
- to be correspondent.
- to move alternately backward and forward.
reciprocate
/ rɪˈsɪprəˌkeɪt /
verb
- to give or feel in return
- to move or cause to move backwards and forwards
- intr to be correspondent or equivalent
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Derived Forms
- reˈciprocative, adjective
- reˈciproˌcator, noun
- reˌciproˈcation, noun
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Other Words From
- re·cip·ro·ca·tive re·cip·ro·ca·to·ry [ri-, sip, -r, uh, -k, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
- re·cip·ro·ca·tor noun
- non·re·cip·ro·cat·ing adjective
- un·re·cip·ro·cat·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reciprocate1
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin reciprocātus, past participle of reciprocāre “to move back and forth”; -ate 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reciprocate1
C17: from Latin reciprocāre , from reciprocus reciprocal
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