English-Thai Dictionary

reciprocate

VI ตอบแทน  แลกเปลี่ยน  exchange reply tob-tean

 

reciprocate

VI เคลื่อน ไป ข้างหน้า และ ข้างหลัง สลับ กัน  เคลื่อน ไปมา  kluan-pai-kang-na-lea-kang-lang

 

reciprocate

VT ตอบแทน กัน  แลกเปลี่ยน กัน  correlate interchange tob-tean-kan

 

reciprocate

VT ทำให้ เคลื่อน ไป ข้างหน้า และ ข้างหลัง สลับ กัน  ทำให้ เคลื่อน ไปมา  tam-hai-kluan-pai-kang-na-lea-kang-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECIPROCATE

v.i.[L. reciproco.] To act interchangeably; to alternate. One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, and draws and blows reciprocating air.

 

RECIPROCATE

v.t.To exchange; to interchange; to give and return mutually; as, to reciprocate favors.

 

RECIPROCATED

pp. Mutually given and returned; interchanged.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECIPROCATE

Re *cip "ro *cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reciprocated; p. pr. & vb. n.Reciprocating. ] Etym: [L. reciprocatus, p. p. of reciprocare. See Reciprocal. ]

 

Defn: 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 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.

 

RECIPROCATE

RECIPROCATE Re *cip "ro *cate, v. t.

 

Defn: To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to unterchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors. Cowper.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reciprocate

re cip ro cate |riˈsiprəˌkāt rəˈsɪprəˌkeɪt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] respond to (a gesture or action ) by making a corresponding one: the favor was reciprocated | [ no obj. ] : perhaps I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own. • experience the same (love, liking, or affection ) for someone as that person does for oneself: her passion for him was not reciprocated. 2 [ no obj. ] (usu. as adj. reciprocating ) (of a part of a machine ) move backward and forward in a straight line: a reciprocating blade. DERIVATIVES re cip ro ca tion |riˌsiprəˈkāSHən |noun, re cip ro ca tor |-ˌkātər |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin reciprocat- ‘moved backwards and forwards ’ from the verb reciprocare, from reciprocus (see reciprocal ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

reciprocate

reciprocate |rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] respond to (a gesture or action ) by making a corresponding one: the favour was reciprocated | [ no obj. ] : perhaps I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own. • feel (affection or love ) for someone in the same way that they feel it for oneself: her passion for him was not reciprocated. 2 [ no obj. ] (usu. as adj. reciprocating ) (of a part of a machine ) move backwards and forwards in a straight line: a reciprocating blade. DERIVATIVES reciprocation |-ˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, reciprocator noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin reciprocat- ‘moved backwards and forwards ’, from the verb reciprocare, from reciprocus (see reciprocal ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reciprocate

reciprocate verb 1 I was happy to reciprocate: do the same (in return ), respond in kind, return the favor. 2 love that was not reciprocated: requite, return, give back; match, equal.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

reciprocate

reciprocate verb 1 Karen had done her bit for me, and I was more than happy to reciprocate: do the same (in return ), respond in kind, return the favour; give as good as one gets, give tit for tat. 2 a hopeless love that could not possibly be reciprocated: requite, return, feel /give in return, repay, give back; match, equal.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reciprocate

re cip ro cate /rɪsɪ́prəkèɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈人が 〉〈同じ行為 〉を相手に返す, 返礼する .2 〈人が 〉〈同じ感情 〉を相手に感じる [返す ].自動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠報いる, 返礼する .2 〘機 〙〈物が 〉往復運動する .

 

reciprocated

re c í p ro c à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ｟米 ｠分厚い 〈靴下 〉.