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 the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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