reciprocate
verb (used with object)
to give, feel, etc., in return.
were reciprocating
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past progressiveof reciprocate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It hit me that the dead were reciprocating: a bit of the death in them for us.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019
