1 ~ (sth) (with sth) to behave or feel towards sb in the same way as they behave or feel towards you:
[VN] Her passion for him was not reciprocated. * They wanted to reciprocate the kindness that had been shown to them. * He smiled but his smile was not reciprocated. * [V] I wasn't sure whether to laugh or to reciprocate with a remark of my own.
2 [V] (technical) to move backwards and forwards in a straight line:
a reciprocating action / movement
reciprocation noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is reciprocate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, reciprocate is tagged as verb.
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