Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Synonym of reciprocating: acting or applying reciprocally between two parties.

    1938, Winifred Watson, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, London: Persephone, 2008, Chapter , p. 14, he was obviously left a little drunk with the reciprocatory fervour of Miss LaFosse’s kisses

  2. (not comparable)Synonym of reciprocating: moving backwards and forwards.

More definitions
  • moving alternately backward and forward
  • given or done or owed to each other

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