Look up: reciprocate

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   reciprocate
   [v] - act, feel, or give mutually or in return 2. [v] - alternate the direction of motion of
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   Reciprocate
   Re·cip'ro·cate (-kāt) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reciprocated (- kā`tĕd); present participle & verbal noun Reciprocating .] [ Latin reciprocatus , past participle of reciprocare . See Reciprocal .] To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act in ...
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   Reciprocate
   Re·cip'ro·cate transitive verb To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors. Cowper.
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   reciprocate
   To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate. 'One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, And draws and blows reciprocating air.' (Dryden) Reciprocating engine, a steam, air, or gas engine, etc, in which the piston moves back and forth; in distinction from a rotary engine, in which the pis ...
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   Reciprocate
   • (v. t.) To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors. • (v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
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   reciprocate
   reciprocate 1. To give, feel, do, etc., in return. 2. To give and to receive mutually. 3. Etymologically, 'to move backward' and 'forward'.
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