reciprocate

[ ri-sip-ruh-keyt ]
/ rɪˈsɪp rəˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object), re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing.

to give, feel, etc., in return.
to give and receive reciprocally; interchange: to reciprocate favors.
to cause to move alternately backward and forward.

verb (used without object), re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing.

Origin of reciprocate

1605–15; < Latin reciprocātus past participle of reciprocāre to move back and forth. See reciprocal, -ate1

SYNONYMS FOR reciprocate

1 return, respond, retaliate.

OTHER WORDS FROM reciprocate

Words nearby reciprocate

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Example sentences from the Web for non-reciprocating

  • We have not got away from manifestations of that spirit even yet, as our non-reciprocating state medical laws show.

    Old-Time Makers of Medicine |James J. Walsh

British Dictionary definitions for non-reciprocating

reciprocate
/ (rɪˈsɪprəˌkeɪt) /

verb

to give or feel in return
to move or cause to move backwards and forwards
(intr) to be correspondent or equivalent

Derived forms of reciprocate

reciprocation, noun reciprocative or reciprocatory, adjective reciprocator, noun

Word Origin for reciprocate

C17: from Latin reciprocāre, from reciprocus reciprocal