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reciprocate
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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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    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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    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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    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)
    reciprocating = giving in return
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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)
    reciprocates = gives
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    And they can really form no conception of an unreciprocated malice.†  (source)
    unreciprocated = not returned
    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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    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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    He quite understood and reciprocated my good intentions, as I had reason to know thereafter.  (source)
    reciprocated = returned
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    In the driveway there are hugs and kisses good-bye, initiated by Maxine, his parents reciprocating clumsily.†  (source)
    reciprocating = giving in return
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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)
    reciprocation = return
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