'Reciprocate' definitions:
Definition of 'reciprocate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"
verb
Alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller"
Definition of 'Reciprocate'
From: GCIDE
- Reciprocate \Re*cip"ro*cate\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"r[-o]*k[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reciprocated (r[-e]*s[i^]p"r[-o]*k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reciprocating.] [L. reciprocatus, p. p. of reciprocare. See Reciprocal.] To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate. [1913 Webster]
- One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, And draws and blows reciprocating air. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
- Reciprocating motion (Mech.), motion alternately backward and forward, or up and down, as of a piston rod. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reciprocate'
From: GCIDE
- Reciprocate \Re*cip"ro*cate\, v. t. To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reciprocate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- act in concert,
- act together,
- affiliate,
- agree,
- agree with,
- ally,
- alternate,
- amalgamate,
- answer,
- answer to,
- associate,
- back and fill,
- band,
- band together,
- bandy,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- be in league,
- be quits with,
- change,
- chime in with,
- club together,
- coact,
- coalesce,
- coequal,
- collaborate,
- collude,
- combine,
- come and go,
- come back at,
- commute,
- compensate,
- complement,
- concert,
- concord,
- concur,
- confederate,
- consolidate,
- conspire,
- cooperate,
- correspond,
- correspond to,
- cotton to,
- counter,
- counterchange,
- do business with,
- ebb and flow,
- empathize,
- equal,
- exchange,
- fall in with,
- federate,
- fuse,
- get along,
- get along with,
- get back at,
- get even with,
- get heads together,
- get on with,
- get together,
- give and take,
- give in exchange,
- give in return,
- go partners,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- harmonize with,
- hit back at,
- hitch and hike,
- hold together,
- hook up,
- identify with,
- interchange,
- join,
- join in,
- join together,
- keep together,
- league,
- league together,
- logroll,
- make common cause,
- match,
- merge,
- partner,
- pass and repass,
- pay back,
- permute,
- play ball,
- pull together,
- put heads together,
- recompense,
- repay,
- requite,
- respond,
- respond to,
- retaliate,
- retort,
- return,
- return the compliment,
- ride and tie,
- seesaw,
- shuttle,
- shuttlecock,
- sing in chorus,
- stand together,
- strike back,
- swap,
- swing,
- switch,
- sympathize,
- team up,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- throw in together,
- tie in,
- tie up,
- to-and-fro,
- trade,
- transpose,
- understand one another,
- unite,
- unite efforts,
- wax and wane,
- wibble-wabble,
- wigwag,
- work together,
- zigzag
Words containing 'Reciprocate'
- Reciprocal,
- Reciprocality,
- Reciprocally,
- Reciprocalness,
- Reciprocated,
- Reciprocating,
- Reciprocation,
- Reciprocity,
- Reciprocous,
- reciprocative,
- Reciprocal equation,
- Reciprocal figures,
- Reciprocal proportion,
- Reciprocal quantities,
- Reciprocal ratio,
- Reciprocal terms,
- Reciprocally proportional,
- Reciprocating engine,
- Reciprocating motion,
- Reciprocity treaty,
- Treaty of reciprocity,
- reciprocal cross,
- reciprocal inhibition,
- reciprocal ohm,
- reciprocal pronoun,
- reciprocating saw,
- law of reciprocal proportions,
- nonreciprocal vs reciprocal,
- reciprocal-inhibition therapy