Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See reciprock.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • Reciprocal.

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  • adjective obsolete reciprocal

Etymologies

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French réciproque.

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Examples

  • Neither doth this weakness appear to others only, and not to the party loved; but to the loved most of all, except the love be reciproque.

    The Essays 2007

  • For it is a true rule, that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque, or with an inward and secret contempt.

    The Essays 2007

  • Les Marchands ont une Societe avec ceux de Bilbao, appellee la Contractation, et un Tribunal reciproque [en] forme de jurisdiction consulaire.

    John Adams diary 47, 13 February 1778 - 26 April 1779 1961

  • Neither doth this weakness appear to others only, and not to the party loved; but to the loved most of all, except the love be reciproque.

    X. Of Love 1909

  • Neither doth this weakness appear to others only, and not to the party loved; but to the loved most of all, except the love be reciproque.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • 1 For it is a true rule, that love is ever rewarded either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.

    X. Of Love 1909

  • Encores s'est il verifié par plusieurs procez, que l'obligation reciproque entre le diable, & le sorcier, contient quelquesfois le terme d'vn an, deux ans, ou autre temps. '[

    The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913

  • Il rassembla deux ateliers. qui faisai ent separement les memes calculs, et se servaient de verification reciproque. (

    On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831

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