Reciprocate
[rɪ'sɪprəkeɪt] or [rɪ'sɪprəket]
Definition
(verb.) alternate the direction of motion of; 'the engine reciprocates the propeller'.
(verb.) act, feel, or give mutually or in return; 'We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!'.
Typist: Sharif--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
(v. t.) To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
Checker: Neil
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Alternate, act interchangeably.
v. a. Interchange, exchange.
Inputed by Leslie
Examples
- This was no time for fine compunctions, nor for a chivalry that these cruel demons would neither appreciate nor reciprocate. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were slow to reciprocate our gratulations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I thanked him, says Edison, and hoped to reciprocate somehow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But I said I would not make you my confessor, for you cannot reciprocate foible for foible; you are not weak. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The landlord reciprocated the old man's laugh; and returned to his guests. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- McCormick’s machine had two cutters or knives, reciprocated by cranks in opposite directions to each other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The old-style mangle had a box, weighted with stone, which was reciprocated on rollers, and was run back and forth upon the clothes spread upon a polished table beneath. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He quite understood and reciprocated my good intentions, as I had reason to know thereafter. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The type-form was reciprocated beneath an inking apparatus and the paper cylinder alternately. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Before his removal, he had managed to contract a strong friendship for Mr. Grimwig, which that eccentric gentleman cordially reciprocated. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The preceding saws were of the straight, reciprocating kind. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1822 the important improvement of the reciprocating knife bar was made by Ogle, which became a characteristic feature of all subsequent successful reapers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They are divided into classes by names indicating their purpose and mode of operation, such as single, double-acting, lift or force, reciprocating or rotary, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It embodied a reciprocating saw tooth cutter _f_ sliding within double guard fingers _e_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This idea became known as the reciprocating blade. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was a great step from the reciprocating hand saw, worked painfully by one or two men, to the band saw, invented by a London mechanic, William Newbury, in 1808. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- More important, however, is the compressed air rock drill, in which a piston has the drill bit directly on its piston rod and cuts by a reciprocating action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Twemlow ought to know the dear friend Podsnap who covered him with so much confusion, and he says he does know him, and Podsnap reciprocates. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To govern a democracy you have to educate it: that contact with great masses of men reciprocates by educating the leader. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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