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Definition of Reciprocate
1. Verb. Act, feel, or give mutually or in return. "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Derivative terms: Reciprocation, Reciprocation, Reciprocative, Reciprocative, Reciprocatory
2. Verb. Alternate the direction of motion of. "The engine reciprocates the propeller"
Definition of Reciprocate
1. v. i. To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
2. v. t. To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
Definition of Reciprocate
1. Verb. (transitive) To mutually give and take something; to interchange. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To give something in response. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reciprocate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Medical Definition of Reciprocate
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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 piston travels continuously in one direction in a circular path.