reciprocate

Meanings

Verb

act, feel, or give mutually or in return
- "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"
alternate the direction of motion of
- "the engine reciprocates the propeller"
To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.
To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
To counter, retort or retaliate.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin recīprocātus, perfect passive participle of recīprocō (“to move back and forth”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from reciprocus (“back an forth, reciprocal, alternating”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), itself possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”). See also reciprocal. Compare French réciproquer.

Synonyms

give as good as one gets, reciprocate, respond in kind

Scrabble Score: 17

reciprocate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
reciprocate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
reciprocate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

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