transitive verb to determine the identity of (a disease) by examination.He was shocked when the doctor diagnosed cancer. See the full entry
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idiosyncrasy
noun a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity.Growing antlers is an idiosyncrasy of female reindeer; in general, female deer do not grow antlers.One…
abide
intransitive verb to stay; remain.Please go; it is dangerous for you to abide here. transitive verb to wait for.I abide his return. See the full entry