reciprocated

American  

[ri-sip-ruh-key-tid] / rɪˈsɪp rəˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. given, done, or felt in return.

   When I greeted the lady who walked by my house every morning, she looked right through me as if I were invisible, with no reciprocated response.

2. given and received, or equally engaged in, by both parties; mutual.

   In its most developed form, love occurs within a reciprocated relationship with another person.

   When he created his export business, his mission was to build a reciprocated trust within an honest and sustaining working relationship with artisans.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of reciprocate.

Other Word Forms

• unreciprocated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of reciprocated

reciprocate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Were all thy num’rous gifts; yet hadst thou found Him living here in Ithaca, with gifts Reciprocated he had sent thee hence, Requiting honourably in his turn Thy hospitality.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Related Words

• bilateral
• collective
• reciprocal