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reciprocative

reciprocative adjective: reciprocated; giving back to one another.

Adjective

reciprocative (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Reciprocated; giving back to one another.
    • With the recognition of the masculine and feminine elements as separate entities, the principle of duality was universally admitted. Every force of nature, and likewise every representative of each force, was divided into two reciprocative but separate entities.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 18

Words formed from reciprocative

Questions about reciprocative

What does reciprocative mean?
Reciprocative means reciprocated; giving back to one another.
What part of speech is reciprocative?
Reciprocative is an adjective.

Words near reciprocative in the dictionary

  1. reciprocating engines
  2. reciprocating saw
  3. reciprocating saws
  4. reciprocation
  5. reciprocations
  6. reciprocative
  7. reciprocatively
  8. reciprocator
  9. reciprocators
  10. reciprocatory
  11. reciprocitarian

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