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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Reciprocate \Re*cip"ro*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Reciprocated; 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.
  
           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.
  
     Reciprocating motion (Mech.), motion alternately backward
        and forward, or up and down, as of a piston rod.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  reciprocated
     vb.
     (infl of en reciprocate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  reciprocated
     vb.
     (infl of en reciprocate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  reciprocated
     vb.
     (infl of en reciprocate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  reciprocated
     vb.
     (infl of en reciprocate  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Reciprocated /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪtɪd/
  مبادل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  reciprocated /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪtɪd/ 
  opětoval

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reciprocated /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪtɪd/
  hin- und hergegangen, auf- und abgegangen
   see: reciprocate, reciprocating
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reciprocated /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪtɪd/
  sich revanchiert
     Synonyms: returned the favour, paid sb. back
  
   see: return the favour, pay sb. back, reciprocate, returning the favour, paying sb. back, reciprocating, kick momey back to sb.
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪtɪd/


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