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Webster 1913 Edition
Reciprocate
Re-cip′ro-cate
(rē̍-sĭp′rō̍-kāt)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reciprocated
(rē̍-sĭp′rō̍-kāˊtĕd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reciprocating
.] To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies,
And draws and blows
And draws and blows
reciprocating
air. Dryden.
Reciprocating engine
, a steam, air, or gas engine, etc., in which the piston moves back and forth; – in distinction from a rotary engine, in which the piston travels continuously in one direction in a circular path.
– Reciprocating motion
(Mech.)
, motion alternately backward and forward, or up and down, as of a piston rod.
Re-cip′ro-cate
,Verb.
T.
To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate;
as, to
. reciprocate
favorsCowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reciprocate
RECIP'ROCATE
,Verb.
I.
One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, and draws and blows reciprocating air.
RECIP'ROCATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
reciprocate
reciprocate
English
Verb
reciprocate (third-person singular simple present reciprocates, present participle reciprocating, simple past and past participle reciprocated)
- (transitive) To mutually give and take something; to interchange.
- (transitive) To give something in response.
- (intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
- Dryden
- One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, / And draws and blows reciprocating air.
- Dryden
- (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.
Translations
to mutually give and take something; to interchange
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to give something in response
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to move backwards and forwards, like a piston
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to counter, retort or retaliate
Italian
Verb
reciprocate
- second-person plural present indicative of reciprocare
- second-person plural imperative of reciprocare
- feminine plural of reciprocato