| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | rec·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r k t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. rec·tos
A right-hand page of a book or the front side of a leaf, on the other side of the verso. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin (foli) r ct, (the leaf) being right, ablative of rctus, straight, right. See reg- in Appendix I.
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