transitive verb reciprocated -·cat′ed, reciprocating -·cat′·ing

1. 1. to give and get, do, feel, etc. reciprocally; interchange
   2. to give, do, feel, etc. in return; return in kind or degree
2. to cause to move alternately back and forth

Etymology: < L reciprocatus, pp. of reciprocare < reciprocus: see reciprocal

intransitive verb

1. to make some sort of return for something done, given, etc.
2. to move alternately back and forth; interchange position
3. Archaic to be correspondent or equivalent