reciprocate
verb (used with object)
to give, feel, etc., in return.
reciprocative
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a word derived from
reciprocate.
Example Sentences
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The danger is reciprocative, just as, to return to my nautical simile, the peril of the helmsman is shared by each passenger if he by mischance steers upon a submerged rock.
From The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. by Henry Saint-George
Adj. reciprocal, mutual, commutual†, correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related; alternate; interchangeable; interdependent; international; complemental, complementary.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
“I s'pose so,” she replied, with a reciprocative flutter.
From Jane Field A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
