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rec⋅to

  [rek-toh]
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–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 rēctō (foliō) on the right-hand (leaf or page), abl. of L rēctus right
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rec·to   (rěk'tō)   
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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