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re·cip·ro·cate       [ri-sip-ruh-keyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to give, feel, etc., in return.
2.to give and receive reciprocally; interchange: to reciprocate favors.
3.to cause to move alternately backward and forward.
–verb (used without object)
4.to make a return, as for something given.
5.to make interchange.
6.to be correspondent.
7.to move alternately backward and forward.
[Origin: 1605–15; < L reciprocātus ptp. of reciprocāre to move back and forth. See reciprocal, -ate1]

—Related forms
re·cip·ro·ca·tive, re·cip·ro·ca·to·ry       [ri-sip-ruh-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective
re·cip·ro·ca·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1. return, respond, retaliate.
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re·cip·ro·cate       (rĭ-sĭp'rə-kāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing, re·cip·ro·cates

v.   tr.
  1. To give or take mutually; interchange.
  2. To show, feel, or give in response or return.

v.   intr.
  1. To move back and forth alternately.
  2. To give and take something mutually.
  3. To make a return for something given or done.
  4. To be complementary or equivalent.


[Latin reciprocāre, reciprocāt-, to move back and forth, from reciprocus, alternating; see reciprocal.]

re·cip'ro·ca'tive adj., re·cip'ro·ca'tor n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to give, take, or feel reciprocally: doesn't reciprocate favors; consideration requited with disregard; return a compliment.

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