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RECIPROCATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reciprocative mean?
• RECIPROCATIVE (adjective)
The adjective RECIPROCATIVE has 2 senses:
1. given or done or owed to each other
2. moving alternately backward and forward
Familiarity information: RECIPROCATIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given or done or owed to each other
Synonyms:
reciprocative; reciprocatory
Similar:
mutual; reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)
Derivation:
reciprocate (act, feel, or give mutually or in return)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Moving alternately backward and forward
Synonyms:
reciprocative; reciprocatory
Similar:
mutual; reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)
Derivation:
reciprocate (alternate the direction of motion of)
reciprocate (act, feel, or give mutually or in return)
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