reciprocate

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  1. transitive verb To give or take mutually; interchange.
  2. transitive verb To show, feel, or give in response or return.
  3. intransitive verb To move back and forth alternately.
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  • "And permit Me to reciprocate," He added, removing a New International Bible from His mahogany bookshelves. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 06 - June 1994
  • But when Mr Obama did not seem to reciprocate, she hesitated then quickly backtracked, settling for the handshake and a smile instead. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
  • HARRY LEWIS: There's a-the latest Facebook craze is "25 Random Things About Me," where you're supposed to put twenty-five facts about yourself and then you send it to twenty-five people and ask them to reciprocate, which is a wonderful marketing ploy for Facebook, of course, because if you don't have a Facebook account, of course, you want to sign up and get one, so that you too can share twenty-five random things about yourself. —  Democracy Now!
  • If you reciprocate, you are now having a bad day too. —  LearnHub Activities
  • If America were to make the same mistake as eighty years ago, it would force other countries to reciprocate, and often such response would not be proportionate at all. —  AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media
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reciprocate:   reciprocates
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  1. Latin reciprocāre, reciprocāt-, to move back and forth, from reciprocus, alternating; see reciprocal.

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  1. from Latin reciprocatus, past participle of reciprocare, move back and forth, reverse (later Italian reeiprocare =Spanish Portuguese reciprocar =F. réciproquer, reciprocate, interchange), from reciprocus, reciprocal: see reciprocal.
 

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