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Verb: reciprocate  ri'si-pru,keyt
  1. Act, feel, or give mutually or in return
    "We always invite the neighbours and they never reciprocate!"
     
  2. Alternate the direction of motion of
    "the engine reciprocates the propeller"

Derived forms: reciprocated, reciprocates, reciprocating

Type of: act, move

Encyclopedia: Reciprocate