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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

“Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.”

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recto

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈɹɛk.toʊ/Used In Literature ↓

The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.

Origin

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Common Phrases

. rectopage rectoside rectopages rectorecto derecto senatorrecto said
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Synonyms

front

Antonyms

flipsideversoreverso

Related Words

sigmoidstraightvaginalversorightreversocover

Poetry examples for “recto”

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V. 365.--R. 18709.byGeoffrey Chaucer

Two pages have been reproduced by the autotype process for the Chaucer

Society; viz. leaf 1, recto, containing stanzas 1-5, and leaf 42, verso,

containing stanzas 249-251 of Book II, and stanza 1 of Book III. This is a

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