adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɹɪˈsɪp.ɹə.kəˌtɔ.ɹi/
/ɹɪˈsɪp.ɹəˌkeɪt(ə)ɹi/
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adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of reciprocating: acting or applying reciprocally between two parties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
1886, Benjamin Perley Poore, Perley’s Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis, Tecumseh, MI: A.W. Mills, Volume 2, Chapter , p. 477, In the evening the Ancient and Honorable Artillery attended a special reception at the White House, reciprocatory of courtesies extended by the corps to President Arthur, one of its honorary members.
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reciprocating
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Synonym of reciprocating: moving backwards and forwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
1781, patent dated 25 October, cited in Charles Frederick Partington, A Course of Lectures on the Steam Engine, London: J. Gifford, 1826, p. 24, footnote, For certain new methods of applying the vibrating or reciprocatory motion of steam or fire-engines to produce a continued rotative or circular motion round an axis or centre, and thereby to give motion to the wheels of mills, or other machines.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reciprocating
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
moving alternately backward and forward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reciprocative
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
given or done or owed to each other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
