Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to reciprocate
Participle: reciprocated
Gerund: reciprocating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | reciprocate |
| you | reciprocate |
| he;she;it | reciprocates |
| we | reciprocate |
| you | reciprocate |
| they | reciprocate |
Perfect
| I | have reciprocated |
| you | have reciprocated |
| he;she;it | has reciprocated |
| we | have reciprocated |
| you | have reciprocated |
| they | have reciprocated |
Past
| I | reciprocated |
| you | reciprocated |
| he;she;it | reciprocated |
| we | reciprocated |
| you | reciprocated |
| they | reciprocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had reciprocated |
| you | had reciprocated |
| he;she;it | had reciprocated |
| we | had reciprocated |
| you | had reciprocated |
| they | had reciprocated |
Future
| I | will reciprocate |
| you | will reciprocate |
| he;she;it | will reciprocate |
| we | will reciprocate |
| you | will reciprocate |
| they | will reciprocate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reciprocated |
| you | will have reciprocated |
| he;she;it | will have reciprocated |
| we | will have reciprocated |
| you | will have reciprocated |
| they | will have reciprocated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | reciprocate |
| you | reciprocate |
| he;she;it | reciprocate |
| we | reciprocate |
| you | reciprocate |
| they | reciprocate |
Perfect
| I | have reciprocated |
| you | have reciprocated |
| he;she;it | have reciprocated |
| we | have reciprocated |
| you | have reciprocated |
| they | have reciprocated |
Imperfect
| I | reciprocated |
| you | reciprocated |
| he;she;it | reciprocated |
| we | reciprocated |
| you | reciprocated |
| they | reciprocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had reciprocated |
| you | had reciprocated |
| he;she;it | had reciprocated |
| we | had reciprocated |
| you | had reciprocated |
| they | had reciprocated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would reciprocate |
| you | would reciprocate |
| he;she;it | would reciprocate |
| we | would reciprocate |
| you | would reciprocate |
| they | would reciprocate |
Perfect
| I | would have reciprocated |
| you | would have reciprocated |
| he;she;it | would have reciprocated |
| we | would have reciprocated |
| you | would have reciprocated |
| they | would have reciprocated |
Imperative
| you | reciprocate |
| we | Let's reciprocate |
| you | reciprocate |
Verbs conjugated like 'reciprocate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'reciprocate'
reciprocalize,
reprobate,
decoronate,
deprecate,
echolocate,
embrocate,
exprobate,
precipitate,
reallocate,
reappreciate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin recīprocātus, perfect passive participle of recīprocō (“to move back and forth”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from reciprocus (“back an forth, reciprocal, alternating”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), itself possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”). See also reciprocal. Compare French réciproquer. See: French '
réciproquer'.
Sample Sentences
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The USTR isn't reciprocating actual tariffs. It's just placing the biggest tariffs on the countries running the biggest trade surpluses. [2025 April 3, Felix Salmon, “How to read the White House's tariff formula”, in Axios:]
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I gave them apples from my tree; they reciprocated with a pie and some apple jelly.
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I simply couldn't accept such a gift without reciprocating.
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Nugget appreciates the generosity! Nugget will reciprocate with a Monstermon card! [2019, Con Man Games, SmashGames, quoting Nugget, Kindergarten 2, SmashGames:]
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a reciprocating engine
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One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, / And draws and blows reciprocating air. [1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]