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peruse(dictionary)

multivalent (iou) and peruse (iou)


multivalent (iou)



multivalent adjective & noun. L19.
[from MULTI- + -VALENT.]
A. adjective.
a. Chemistry. = POLYVALENT 1a. L19.
b. Immunology. Of an antigen or antibody: having several sites at which attachment to an antibody or antigen can occur. M20.
Cytology. That is (part of) a multivalent. E20.
Chiefly Linguistics & Literary Criticism. Having or susceptible of many applications, interpretations, meanings, or values. M20.
b. noun. Cytology. An association of three or more completely or partly homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis. E20.
multivalence,
multivalency nouns the state or condition of being multivalent L19.

peruse (iou)



peruse verb trans. L15.
[Prob. from unrecorded Anglo-Latin verb, formed as PER-1 + Proto-Romance base of USE verb.]
Use up; wear out by use. L15-L16.
a. Go through, deal with, or examine one by one. L15-E18.
b. Travel through observantly or exploringly. obsolete exc. dial. E16.
Go over (something written etc.) again; revise. E16-M17.
Read through or over; examine, survey, read, or study, esp. thoroughly or carefully. M16.
G. Macdonald I had perused his person, his dress and his countenance. M. de la Roche 'Read,' she commanded..and they perused the letter together. A. Cross Janet waited for Kate to peruse the menu.
perusable adjective E19.
perusal noun (a) a survey, an examination; (b) an act of reading something through or over: L16.
peruser noun M16.