Dictionary Entry
reciprocate
reciprocate is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
- 2transitive verb
To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
- 3verb
alternate the direction of motion of
"the engine reciprocates the propeller"
- 4verb
act, feel, or give mutually or in return
"We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"
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