Reciprocate definition
To make a return for something given or done.
verb
To show, feel, or give in response or return.
They opened their hearts to her, and she reciprocated their affection.
verb
To give and take something mutually.
verb
To move back and forth alternately.
A power saw that reciprocates.
verb
To make some sort of return for something done, given, etc.
verb
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To give or take mutually; interchange.
The friends reciprocated favors.
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.
verb
To cause to move alternately back and forth.
verb
To give and get, do, feel, etc. reciprocally; interchange.
verb
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To give, do, feel, etc. in return; return in kind or degree.
verb
To move alternately back and forth; interchange position.
verb
(archaic) To be correspondent or equivalent.
verb
Origin of reciprocate
- Latin reciprocāre reciprocāt- to move back and forth from reciprocus alternating reciprocal
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin reciprocātus, past participle of reciprocāre (“to move back and forth").
From Wiktionary