Word Finder - reciprocated

definition

To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.

definition

To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.

example

I gave them apples from my tree; they reciprocated with a pie and some apple jelly.

definition

To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.

example

A reciprocating engine.

definition

To counter, retort or retaliate.

It was reciprocated by all others.

It will be reciprocated when the visit is the other way.

He frequently came in contact with his employer and entertained for him strong friendship and deep respect, which was fully reciprocated by Tunstall.

The favor was reciprocated by the rest of the family.

It's not unusual to have stronger feelings for a friend but not have it reciprocated.

Sadly, those efforts were not always reciprocated by sections of those communities.

Should this woman be interested in a romantic relationship, the fact that she is married and unavailable means that you could enter into a relationship in which your love cannot be reciprocated completely.

The attention you're giving him is being reciprocated because he is interested in you too.

While the prospect of meeting someone new can be very exciting, it also has the downside of discovering your feelings are not reciprocated.

He does not, however, seem to have reciprocated the courtesy of his French hosts, but gave offence by the brusqueness of his manner, though his supercilious bearing, according to his biographer, Dr Paris, was to be ascribed less to any conscious superiority than to an "ungraceful timidity which he could never conquer."

When commitment and feelings aren't reciprocated, there is no chance for the relationship to continue.

Entertainment in the widest sense is provided by the hosts and the whole process is reciprocated when the visit is the other way.

Because the two of you have not experienced dating, your statement sounds like you are willing to travel 300 miles to meet a man you have never met before out of concern and obligation and not from reciprocated love.

If the feelings are reciprocated that person will respond positively to your gestures.

If the feelings are not reciprocated, it is likely that the other person will not have even noticed that you were showing him more attention then you showed other people.

In one of the literary and fashionable circles of Berlin he had met a Fraulein von Ddnniges, for whom he at once felt a passion, which was ardently reciprocated.

The Aga Khan reciprocated the British commander's confidence and friendship by giving repeated proofs of his devotion and attachment to the British government, and when he finally settled down in India, his position as the leader of the large Ismailiah section of Mahommedan British subjects was recognized by the government, and the title of His Highness was conferred on him, with a large pension.

Meanwhile, in 1685 the British had acquired a footing in Benkulen, and between them and the Dutch there was always much jealousy and friction until in 1824 a treaty was made under which the British vacated Sumatra in favour of the Dutch, who reciprocated by giving up Malacca.

Napoleon, moreover, he regarded not as the scourge of Europe, but as the defender of civilization against the barbarism of the Slays; and in the famous interview between the two men at Erfurt the poet's admiration was reciprocated by the French conqueror.

When a weight is reciprocated, the equal and opposite force required for its acceleration at any instant appears as an unbalanced force on the frame of the machine to which the weight belongs.

In the particular case where the motion is of the kind known as simple harmonic the disturbing force on the frame due to the reciprocation of the weight is equal to the component of the centrifugal force in the line of stroke due to a weight equal to the reciprocated weight supposed concentrated at the crank pin.

The balance weights found as part of the equivalent revolving system when reciprocated by their respective crank pins form the balance weights for the given reciprocating system.

These conditions may be exactly realized by a system of weights reciprocated by slotted bars, the crank shaft driving the slotted bars rotating uniformly.

He soon gained his commander's confidence, which he reciprocated with the most devoted attachment, and was entrusted with the delicate duties of a confidential secretary, which he performed with much tact and skill.

The prince reciprocated this antipathy, but it was overpowered by his contempt for her.

Disclosure is the name of the game; emotional equilibrium being reached when everybody 's contribution is reciprocated by all others.

When this experience is reciprocated, caring for a partner is out of love and not out of a sense of obligation.

Catching the eye of a person you'd like to get to know better is a good way of conveying your own interest and figuring out if it might be reciprocated.

From 1847 to 1851 he arranged gifts from France to American libraries aggregating 30,655 volumes, and a gift of 50 volumes by the city of Paris in 1843 (reciprocated in 1849 with more than 1000 volumes contributed by private citizens) was the nucleus of the Boston public library.

Austria and Germany, however, scarcely reciprocated these dispositions.