reciprocate as a verb: - 1
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reciprocate
verb
1 reciprocate
Act, feel, or give mutually or in return.
Roget 148:
interchange,
exchange,
counterchange†;
bandy,
transpose,
shuffle,
change bands,
swap,
permute,
reciprocate,
commute;
give and take,
return the compliment;
play at puss in the corner,
play at battledore and shuttlecock;
retaliate
etc.
718;
requite.
rearrange,
recombine.
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Roget 718:
retaliate,
retort,
turn upon;
pay,
pay off,
pay back;
pay in one's own coin,
pay in the same coin;
cap;
reciprocate
etc.
148;
turn the tables upon,
return the compliment;
give a quid pro quo
etc.
n.,
give as much as one takes,
give as good as one gets;
give and take,
exchange fisticuffs;
be quits,
be even with;
pay off old scores.
serve one right,
be hoist on one's own petard,
throw a stone in one's own garden,
catch a Tartar.
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Roget 714:
agree
etc.
23;
accord,
harmonize with;
fraternize;
be concordant
etc.
adj.;
go hand in hand;
run parallel
etc.
(concur)
178;
understand one another,
pull together
etc.
(cooperate)
709;
put up one's horses together,
sing in chorus.
side with,
sympathize with,
go with,
chime in with,
fall in with;
come round;
be pacified
etc.
723;
assent
etc.
488;
empathize with,
enter into the ideas of,
enter into the feelings of;
reciprocate.
hurler avec les loups [Fr.];
go with the stream,
swim with the stream.
keep in good humor,
render accordant,
put in tune;
come to an understanding,
meet halfway;
keep the peace,
remain at peace.
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Roget 12:
reciprocate,
alternate;
interchange
etc.
148;
exchange;
counterchange†.
Roget 488:
assent;
give assent,
yield assent,
nod assent;
acquiesce;
agree
etc.
23;
receive,
accept,
accede,
accord,
concur,
lend oneself to,
consent,
coincide,
reciprocate,
go with;
be at one with
etc.
adj.;
go along with,
chime in with,
strike in with,
close in with;
echo,
enter into one's views,
agree in opinion;
vote,
give one's voice for;
recognize;
subscribe to,
conform to,
defer to;
say yes to,
say ditto,
amen to,
say aye to.
acknowledge,
own,
admit,
allow,
avow,
confess;
concede
etc.
(yield)
762;
come round to;
abide by;
permit
etc.
760.
arrive at an understanding,
come to an understanding,
come to terms,
come to an agreement.
confirm,
affirm;
ratify,
appprove,
indorse,
countersign;
corroborate
etc.
467.
go with the stream,
swim with the stream,
go with the flow,
blow with the wind;
be in fashion,
join in the chorus,
join the crowd,
be one of the guys,
be part of the group,
go with the crowd,
don't make waves;
be in every mouth.
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Dutch: beantwoorden
2 reciprocate
Alternate the direction of motion of.
Moby thesaurus: accord, act in concert, act together, affiliate, agree, agree with, ally, alternate, amalgamate, answer, answer to, associate, back and fill, band, band together, bandy, battledore and shuttlecock, be in league, be quits with, change, chime in with, club together, coact, coalesce, coequal, collaborate, collude, combine, come and go, come back at, commute, compensate, complement, concert, concord, concur, confederate, consolidate, conspire, cooperate, correspond, correspond to, cotton to, counter, counterchange, do business with, ebb and flow, empathize, equal, exchange, fall in with, federate, fuse, get along, get along with, get back at, get even with, get heads together, get on with, get together, give and take, give in exchange, give in return, go partners, hang together, harmonize, harmonize with, hit back at, hitch and hike, hold together, hook up, identify with, interchange, join, join in, join together, keep together, league, league together, logroll, make common cause, match, merge, partner, pass and repass, pay back, permute, play ball, pull together, put heads together, recompense, repay, requite, respond, respond to, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, ride and tie, seesaw, shuttle, shuttlecock, sing in chorus, stand together, strike back, swap, swing, switch, sympathize, team up, teeter, teeter-totter, throw in together, tie in, tie up, to-and-fro, trade, transpose, understand one another, unite, unite efforts, wax and wane, wibble-wabble, wigwag, work together, zigzag ... show more.
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