recto
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rec·to 
[rek-toh] Pronunciation Key
[rek-toh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -tos. Printing.
| a right-hand page of an open book or manuscript; the front of a leaf (opposed to verso). |
[Origin: 1815–25; < LL réctō (foliō) on the right-hand (leaf or page), abl. of L réctus right]
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| rec·to
(rěk'tō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. rec·tos A right-hand page of a book or the front side of a leaf, on the other side of the verso. [From Latin (foliō) rēctō, (the leaf) being right, ablative of rēctus, straight, right; see reg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Recto
Rec"to\, n. [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de recto. See Right.] (Law) A writ of right.
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Recto
Rec"to\, n. [Cf. F. recto.] (Print.) The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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