reciprocate
verb (used with object)
to give, feel, etc., in return.
have reciprocated
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present perfectof reciprocate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The audiences have reciprocated the gesture by filling the theaters more than they usually do.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
The two countries have reciprocated with measures of their own.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2022
Belaying is a core climbing skill and one most climbers will expect to have reciprocated.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
There was a pause during which he should have reciprocated but didn’t.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
You and I are only children, so I ventured to hope that you would have reciprocated my feelings.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
