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

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. t.
     To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in
     return; to unterchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate
     favors. --Cowper.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  reciprocate
       v 1: act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite
            the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"
       2: alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine
          reciprocates the propeller"

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

  reciprocate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     ανταποδίδω

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

  reciprocate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: reciprocar)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving
  one thing and taking another thing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give something else in response (where the
  "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a
  reciprocal gift.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.

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

  reciprocate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving
  one thing and taking another thing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give something else in response (where the
  "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a
  reciprocal gift.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.

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

  reciprocate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: reciprocar)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving
  one thing and taking another thing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give something else in response (where the
  "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a
  reciprocal gift.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.

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

  reciprocate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: reciprocar)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving
  one thing and taking another thing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give something else in response (where the
  "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a
  reciprocal gift.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.

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

  Reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/
  بادل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  reciprocate //ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt// 
  1. отвръщам
  to counter, retort or retaliate
  2. отплащам се
  to give something in response
  3. разменям
  to mutually give and take something; to interchange

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

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/ 
  opětovat

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

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/
   [eko] oplatit

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

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/ 
  ein Gefühl erwidern 
     Synonym: return
  
   see: feeling, feelings, feeling lonely, arouse, express, heartstrings, My heart / mind / conscience misgives me.
  

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

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/ 
  hin- und hergehen, auf- und abgehen 
   see: reciprocating, reciprocated
  

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

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/ 
  sich revanchieren 
           Note: als Dank
     Synonyms: return the favour, pay sb. back
  
   see: returning the favour, paying sb. back, reciprocating, returned the favour, paid sb. back, reciprocated, kick momey back to sb.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/
  
  ανταποδίνω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  reciprocate //ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt// 
  1. vastata
  to counter, retort or retaliate
  2. antaa vastalahja, vastata
  to give something in response
  3. kiertää, liikkua edestakaisin
  to move backwards and forwards, like a piston
  4. vaihtaa
  to mutually give and take something; to interchange

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/ 
  1. अदला~बदली~करना
        "She reciprocated by giving him a nice gift."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/
  istom mjerom vrijednosti, izmijenjati, uzvraćati

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  reciprocate //ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt// 
  交換する, 返す
  to mutually give and take something; to interchange

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  reciprocate /risiprəkeit/
  beantwoorden, terugdoen, vergelden

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  reciprocate /rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/ 
    odwzajemniać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  reciprocate /risiprəkeit/
  mutuar, reciprocar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  reciprocate //ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt// 
  återgälda
  to give something in response

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  reciprocate /ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkˌeɪt/
  1. karşılıklı hareket etmek, karşılığını yapmak, misli ile karşılık vermek
  2. birbirinin yerine geçmek, mütekabil olmak. reciproca'tion  karşılık, tekabül.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "reciprocate":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 互换,交换,报答;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 互换,交换,报答,使往复运动
     vi. 往复运动,互换,酬答

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