verso

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At the back or verso are the opening lines of 'Troilus and Cressida' repeated from the preceding page.

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  1. noun A left-hand page of a book or the reverse side of a leaf, as opposed to the recto.
  2. noun The back of a coin or medal.

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  • On the verso, in faded brown ink, an unpunctuated verse was inscribed Reside with no one Practice persistence Confide in no one Keep your distance As you can see, Mr. President, these rules, drawn up by Raff when he was ten years old, were adhered to for the rest of his life His enlisting with UNISTE, with its rigorous training, is entered into keenly but detachedly. —  Asimov'sSF,December2006
  • Maguro said ... verso, just to be more accurate, you should mention that the funding wasn't eliminated, it was reduced. —  Althouse
  • It is dated May 13, 1814, verso, and there is an English poem written underneath the portrait.
  • Wobbe Alkema, Compositie no. 3, 1924 Sign. + dat. verso:
  • The record appears on folio 1 verso (the reverse of folio 1). —  Steve's Genealogy Blog
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  1. New Latin versō (foliō), (with the page) turned, verso, from Latin versō, ablative of versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see version.

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  1. from Latin verso, ablative of versus, turned, past participle of vertere, turn: see verse.
 

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