单词 | reciprocate |
释义 | reciprocate[ ri-sip-ruh-keyt ] / rɪˈsɪp rəˌkeɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR reciprocate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing.to give, feel, etc., in return. to give and receive reciprocally; interchange: to reciprocate favors. to cause to move alternately backward and forward. verb (used without object), re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing.Origin of reciprocateFirst recorded in 1605–15; from Latin reciprocātus, past participle of reciprocāre “to move back and forth”; see -ate1 SYNONYMS FOR reciprocate1 return, respond, retaliate. SEE SYNONYMS FOR reciprocate ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM reciprocateDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reciprocate
British Dictionary definitions for reciprocatereciprocate / (rɪˈsɪprəˌkeɪt) / verbto give or feel in return to move or cause to move backwards and forwards (intr) to be correspondent or equivalent Derived forms of reciprocatereciprocation, nounreciprocative or reciprocatory, adjectivereciprocator, nounWord Origin for reciprocateC17: from Latin reciprocāre, from reciprocus reciprocal Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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