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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.
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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin reciprocātus past participle of reciprocāre to move back and forth. See reciprocal, -ate1
1605–15; < Latin reciprocātus past participle of reciprocāre to move back and forth. See reciprocal, -ate1
Related forms
re·cip·ro·ca·tor, noun
non·re·cip·ro·cat·ing, adjective
un·re·cip·ro·cat·ed, adjective
un·re·cip·ro·cat·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. return, respond, retaliate.
1. return, respond, retaliate.
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Word Origin & History
reciprocate
"to return, requite," 1610s, from L. reciprocat-, pp. stem of reciprocare, from reciprocus (see reciprocal).
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