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Antonyms for recto

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rek-toh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk toʊ

Definition of recto

Origin :
  • "right-hand page in an open book" (opposed to verso or reverso), 1824, from Latin recto (in recto folio), ablative of rectum "right," (see right (adj.1)).
  • As in page : noun sheet of paper
Example sentences :
  • (recto) "Here begynneth the prologue of this present treatyse."
  • Extract from : « The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 » by Sebastian Brandt
  • The text ends on the recto of l 6, the last page being blank.
  • Extract from : « Game and Playe of the Chesse » by Caxton
  • Both the recto and the verso of the leaf have the full complement of 23 lines but there is a hiatus in the text.
  • Extract from : « Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University » by Anonymous
  • In addition to the ordinary page numbers, the printed text labeled the recto (odd) pages of the first leaf of each 4-page folio.
  • Extract from : « A Pindarick Ode on Painting » by Thomas Morrison
  • Stamp date of bill and cost in book on first recto after title page: "27 June 1914 Binding 75."
  • Extract from : « Library Bookbinding » by Arthur Low Bailey
  • Term indicating that the print on the verso falls exactly over that on the recto.
  • Extract from : « Library Bookbinding » by Arthur Low Bailey
  • The border on the recto of the vellum leaf shows through on the verso or back of the leaf.
  • Extract from : « Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering » by Edward Johnston
  • In the original, folio numbers (beginning after the table of contents) are printed only on the recto side of each leaf.
  • Extract from : « A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike » by Richard Rainolde
  • (folio 11 recto) The socket of the eye is not over-depressed, for it has to receive the images (spetie) of visible things.
  • Extract from : « Studies in the History and Method of Science » by Various
  • Concluding with a part of a page of 'Faults escaped' on the recto of last leaf.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 136, June 5, 1852 » by Various

Synonyms for recto

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