reciprocate

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verb

V_es/s

reciprocates

V_ing/Gerund

reciprocating

V_ed/pp

reciprocated

1.
(transitive)To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
2.
(transitive)To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.
I gave them apples from my tree; they reciprocated with a pie and some apple jelly.
3.
(intransitive)To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
a reciprocating engine
4.
(intransitive)To counter, retort or retaliate.

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reciprocating#Adjective

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Nguồn gốc từ

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