reciprocatedadj.
/rᵻˈsɪprəkeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /rəˈsɪprəˌkeɪdᵻd/, /riˈsɪprəˌkeɪdᵻd/ That is reciprocated; (now esp.) (of love or affection) requited; mutual, shared.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] > mutual or reciprocal
evena1425
interchangeablec1450
relativea1500
reciprocativea1504
mutual1513
reciproque?1533
reciprocous1567
requiteda1586
intermutual1595
alternate1600
commutual1604
vicissitudinary1629
reciprocal1632
reflexivea1635
reciprocated1663
related1671
mutuous1683
turn about1802
interdependent1817
interrelated1827
reciprocating1827
reciprocate1833
transmutuala1834
reflective1839
interpendent1855
interradiating1858
two-way1950
1663 J. Heath Chron. Late Intestine War iv. 812 The Thunder intermitting, as if it staid to receive and answer the reciprocated and ecchoed Boation and clashes of the Guns.
1741 H. Brooke in G. Ogle tr. G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales II. 171 So toil'd these Heroes with commutual Rage, And such reciprocated Combat wage.
1782 W. Cowper Friendship 48 'Tis a union that bespeaks Reciprocated duties.
1814 F. Burney Wanderer I. i. viii. 144 By the magnetizing powers of reciprocated exertions, she determined, in relinquishing what was brilliant, to adopt at least what was diverting.
1858 W. Arnot Laws from Heaven 2nd Ser. xiv. 123 The heart of the man Christ Jesus yearns for the reciprocated love of saved men.
1928 C. Beaton Diary Aug. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) i. 6 I wonder if, apart from his deeply reciprocated devotion to Edith, he has really loved anyone.
2003 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 8 Nov. 3 He gathered enough guts to express his strange feelings for her. Thereupon Mag beamed him a bright, yellowing toothy grin in reciprocated affection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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