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In a prevalent manner. Prior.

The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.

Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.

Valence. [Archaic]

Of or pertaining to quantivalence. [Archaic]

Same as Pentavalent.

The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent. Would this prove that the patient's revalescence had been independent of the medicines given him Coleridge.

Growing well; recovering strength.

A female rival. [Obs.] Richardson.

See Sexivalent. [R.]

Hexavalent. [R.]

The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.

Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.

The quality or state of being trivalent.

Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; -- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia.

The quality or state of being univalent.

Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless. [Spelt also unrivalled.] Pope.

A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.

To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20.