Verb (used with object) : to reciprocate favors. From Dictionary.com.
That's what I call reciprocating a man's affection. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Spoilers] Reference
A main reciprocating steam engine, and direct steam driven pumps and auxiliary machinery; a paradise of mechanics. From Wordnik.com. [Martin L. Perl - Autobiography] Reference
Lower-power systems can use positive displacement configurations (designs) such as reciprocating (piston) or vane-type expanders. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
He eventually partnered with the practical Matthew Boulton, who helped him to develop the "reciprocating" engine that would soon power textile mills all over England. From Wordnik.com. [Mind, Money and Machine] Reference
By not "reciprocating," non-followers are showing they. From Wordnik.com. [Traffick] Reference
The pedal motion on the Facile is merely reciprocating. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
This has a reciprocating motion, enabling it to cut a log into. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
How would you feel about reciprocating such a visit on U.S. soil?. From Wordnik.com. [A Military Opening] Reference
I am exceedingly grateful and I hope to find some way of reciprocating. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence] Reference
The reciprocating motion is generally preferred to the rotary for fire-engines. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction] Reference
The Boche on his part was reciprocating, so that the exchange of shots was mutual. From Wordnik.com. [Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold] Reference
The new reciprocating device, and the self-feeding storage batteries are fully covered. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
Mr. William Bradberry, of Darrtown, O., has invented an improvement in reciprocating churns. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference
For years engineers have concentrated energies on the steam-engine of the reciprocating type. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Progress and Human Economics] Reference
Smith's engine was a compound turbine, reciprocating engines having proved extravagant in fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Round the World in Seven Days] Reference
Again thanking you for so marked a compliment, and reciprocating the kind wishes for the future. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The crosshead of the reciprocating air pump is guided by a Peaucellier linkage shown at the center. From Wordnik.com. [Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt] Reference
People don't invent a reciprocating piston that works every day in the week, or a fan bellows either. From Wordnik.com. [The Drone A Play in Three Acts] Reference
And he should be saying something along those lines, he should be responding and reciprocating and so on. From Wordnik.com. [The Boyfriend] Reference
He had a condensing chamber at each end of the stroke and could therefore command a reciprocating movement. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Steel and Electricity] Reference
Unless you have this feeling yourself, you will not be likely to draw out his reciprocating desire for your services. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
James Watt's five alternative devices for the conversion of reciprocating motion to rotary motion in a steam engine. From Wordnik.com. [Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt] Reference
"It seems to me pretty clear, from this precious communication, that she was quietly reciprocating," Kendal said bluntly. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of To-Day] Reference
All of which leads to the second question, about how far Washington and its allies should go in reciprocating the sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [Too Early To Proclaim The Dawn Of A New Era] Reference
At every complete revolution of the cylinder and three complete reciprocating movements of the bed, three sheets were printed. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
A telegram congratulating the Battalion on its anniversary was received from the Brigadier, and a reply sent reciprocating the. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918] Reference
The fixing of it to the reciprocating saw frame was a marvel to him, and when he saw the boards cut off his joy knew no bounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
At one point, Schlesinger argued that Geneva Conventions did not apply to Afghanistan because the Taliban were not "reciprocating.". From Wordnik.com. [A BATTLE OVER BLAME] Reference
Step 4: The bottoms of the refrigerators are lopped off with a reciprocating saw, exposing their polyurethane foam-insulation walls. From Wordnik.com. [Ever wonder what happens to appliances you get rid of? Take a visit to a facility where JACO "demanufactures" appliances] Reference
Proud of my work, I considered reciprocating her flirtation, but I decided it best just to submit the new stationary to the printers. From Wordnik.com. [A Dick Move] Reference
D, in combination with the reciprocating washboard, F, and connecting arms, H, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
One feature of this feast is that the two former adversaries are seated together and vie with each other in reciprocating food and drink. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
Like the gasoline-air engines of a century before, they were spark-started reciprocating engines, except for the turbine-powered aircraft. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
The other side has no intention of reciprocating and has shown every inclination to tolerate and even encourage such attacks against us. From Wordnik.com. [The O Team: A Response] Reference
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