reciprocate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/

Verb

reciprocate (reciprocates, present participle reciprocating; past and past participle reciprocated)

1. (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
2. (transitive) To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.

   I gave them apples from my tree; they reciprocated with a pie and some apple jelly.

3. (intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.

   reciprocating engine

   • One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, / And draws and blows reciprocating air.

4. (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.

Translations

• French: donner en retour, réciproquer, rendre la pareille
• Italian: reciprocare
• Russian: обмениваться

Translations

• Portuguese: recompensar, devolver
• Russian: вернуться
• Spanish: recompensar

Translations

• German: erwidern

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