reciprocate
verb (used with object)
to give, feel, etc., in return.
is reciprocating
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present progressiveof reciprocate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Now the metal super group is reciprocating the love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
—Free agent defensive tackle Gerald McCoy is reciprocating the Cleveland Browns’ interest and will visit Berea, Ohio, at team headquarters on Friday.
From Reuters ● May 23, 2019
The U.S. is reciprocating interest at a time it also is cultivating closer ties with southeast Asian nations threatened by China's rise.
From US News ● Jun. 4, 2016
According to Isidore, the proposition is reciprocating, viz., that, as every prandium was a military meal, so every military meal was called prandium.
From Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas De Quincey
Don't make the youthful mistake, since you are no longer a girl, of fancying he is reciprocating what you feel, feeling your every feeling, thinking your every thought.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
