reciprocate

re·cip·ro·cate

Use reciprocate in a sentence

Adam gave Leslie a ride to work when her car was getting repaired, so she wanted to reciprocate by giving him a gift.

verb

Reciprocate is defined as to give, do or feel in the same way or degree.

Watching a friend’s pet after they watched your pet is an example of reciprocate.

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reciprocate

transitive verb

-·cat·ed, -·cat·ing

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

Origin of reciprocate

from Classical Latin reciprocatus, past participle of reciprocare from reciprocus: see reciprocal

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

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reciprocate

verb

re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing, re·cip·ro·cates

verb

transitive

To give or take mutually; interchange: The friends reciprocated favors.
To show, feel, or give in response or return: They opened their hearts to her, and she reciprocated their affection.

verb

intransitive

To give and take something mutually.
To make a return for something given or done.
To move back and forth alternately: a power saw that reciprocates.

Origin of reciprocate

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

Related Forms:

re·cip′ro·ca′tive
adjective

re·cip′ro·ca′tor
noun

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"reciprocate." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/reciprocate>.

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reciprocate. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/reciprocate

reciprocate

reciprocate requite return

These verbs mean to give, take, or feel reciprocally: doesn't reciprocate favors; consideration requited with disregard; return a compliment.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.