Sample Sentences for
reciprocate
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    She's talking in his head. That trick that still freaks him out and he still can't reciprocate.  (source)
    reciprocate = do the same in return
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    That's also why we rarely say thank you, manana, because we believe a Pashtun will never forget a good deed and is bound to reciprocate at some point, just as he will a bad one.  (source)
    reciprocate = give in return
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    Surely the Mary Ann Wilson I have mentioned was inferior to my first acquaintance: she could only tell me amusing stories, and reciprocate any racy and pungent gossip I chose to indulge in; while, if I have spoken truth of Helen, she was qualified to give those who enjoyed the privilege of her converse a taste of far higher things.  (source)
    reciprocate = participate in (going back and forth)
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    How dare I give Darlene advice when she can't reciprocate?  (source)
    reciprocate = give in return
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    He was the one person Garrett shared a real understanding with, a feeling reciprocated by the old man.  (source)
    reciprocated = returned
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    Parzival: I refuse to answer any more questions until you start reciprocating.†  (source)
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    He would have recoiled still more had he been aware that her attachment rose unsolicited, and was bestowed where it awakened no reciprocation of sentiment; for the minute he discovered its existence he laid the blame on Heathcliff's deliberate designing.  (source)
    reciprocation = return
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Oh, that you still cherish a romantic schoolgirl passion for him which he reciprocates as well as his honorable nature will permit him.†  (source)
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    And they can really form no conception of an unreciprocated malice.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unreciprocated means not and reverses the meaning of reciprocated. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    She was also in full-on flirt mode with Michael, who seemed more than happy to reciprocate.  (source)
    reciprocate = do the same in response
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    She deemed it her crime most to be repented of, that she had ever endured and reciprocated the lukewarm grasp of his hand, and had suffered the smile of her lips and eyes to mingle and melt into his own.  (source)
    reciprocated = given (a hand to hold) in return
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    As to demonstrating that I bore them no ill will — this I felt would be easy enough to do, but would be of little value unless the wolves felt like reciprocating.†  (source)
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    He waved back to everyone in elegant reciprocation and showered generous handfuls of foilcovered Hershey kisses to the rejoicing multitudes.†  (source)
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