reciprocate

[ri-sip-ruh-keyt]

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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.

to make a return, as for something given.
to make interchange.
to be correspondent.
to move alternately backward and forward.

Origin of reciprocate

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

Related formsre·cip·ro·ca·tive, re·cip·ro·ca·to·ry

[ri-sip-ruh-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /rɪˈsɪp rə kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivere·cip·ro·ca·tor, nounnon·re·cip·ro·cat·ing, adjectiveun·re·cip·ro·cat·ed, adjectiveun·re·cip·ro·cat·ing, adjective

Synonyms for reciprocate

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1. return, respond, retaliate.

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Related Words for unreciprocated

unrequited, unreciprocated, unreturned

Examples from the Web for unreciprocated

Contemporary Examples of unreciprocated

As important, it ignores the very real and unreciprocated distance that the Palestinians have traveled in accepting Israel.
Of Herrings and Elephants: Benny Morris and "Palestinian Rejectionism"
Daniel Levy
April 16, 2012

Historical Examples of unreciprocated

Love undenied, may end in friendship; but love thwarted or unreciprocated, never!
The Maroon
Mayne Reid
I tried to ignore the injury to Margaret of her unreciprocated advances.
The New Machiavelli
Herbert George Wells
Her tears flowed silently, but she was far from unhappy; love, even unknown and unreciprocated, brings its own sweet reward.
The Award of Justice
A. Maynard Barbour
Suez has ruined our shipping interests; an unreciprocated free trade is ruining our commerce.
Mount Royal, Volume 3 of 3
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The frequency of Cornelia's visits to the palace on following days seemed to prove that the admiration was not unreciprocated.
A Friend of Caesar
William Stearns Davis

British Dictionary definitions for unreciprocated

reciprocate

verb

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

Derived Formsreciprocation, nounreciprocative or reciprocatory, adjectivereciprocator, noun

Word Origin for reciprocate

C17: from Latin reciprocāre, from reciprocus reciprocal

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Word Origin and History for unreciprocated

reciprocate

"to return, requite," 1610s, back-formation from reciprocation, or else from Latin reciprocatus, past participle of reciprocare "rise and fall, move back and forth; reverse the motion of," from reciprocus (see reciprocal). Related: Reciprocated; reciprocating.