The Only Use of
reciprocate
in
Great Expectations
- He quite understood and reciprocated my good intentions, as I had reason to know thereafter.
p. 140.4reciprocated = returned
Definitions:
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(1)
(reciprocate) to give in return -- such as invitations, gifts, actions, or feelings
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, reciprocate can refer to alternating the direction of something as in a reciprocating saw.