recte

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Definition of recte

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adv

(not-comparable)Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it)

“The Seignory of Castleton, containing 200 (sic, query recte 12,000) acres”
“ELECTION OF GRAND COUNCIL [ recte COMMITTEE ]”
“Here is a list of errors not observed by the corrector. 193: and (recte 'as') 735: a quartere (add 'ȝеге') 796: noblel (recte 'noble' or 'nobel') 1527: him (recte 'hem') 2455: holid (? recte 'helid')”

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From Latin recte (“rightly, correctly”).

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