to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.: to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.
to stay with as a guest.
to come or go to: to visit a church for prayer.
to go to for the purpose of official inspection or examination: a general visiting his troops.
to come to in order to comfort or aid: to visit the sick.
to come upon; assail; afflict: The plague visited London in 1665.
to cause trouble, suffering, etc., to come to: to visit him with sorrows.
to access, as a website.
to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often followed by on or upon).
verb (used without object)
to make a visit.
to talk or chat casually: to visit on the phone with a friend.
to inflict punishment.
noun
the act of or an instance of visiting: a nice, long visit.
a chat or talk: We had a good visit on the way back from the grocery store.
a call paid to a person, family, etc.
a stay or sojourn as a guest.
an official inspection or examination.
the act of an officer of a belligerent nation in boarding a vessel in order to ascertain the nature of its cargo, its nationality, etc.: the right of visit and search.
Origin of visit
1175–1225; Middle English visiten (v.) (<Old French visiter) <Latin vīsitāre, frequentative of vīsere to go to see, itself frequentative of vidēre to see
OTHER WORDS FROM visit
in·ter·vis·it,verb (used without object)non·vis·it·ing,adjectivepre·vis·it,noun,verbre·vis·it,verb,noun
For me at least, the singer and the songs on Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited are indivisible.
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Overall, Ryan made one visit a month over the past year and revisited a handful to continue the dialogue.
Paul Ryan’s War on Poverty|Ron Christie|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These are themes and designers that will then be revisited endlessly by curators.
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The Supreme Court sets that viability and it probably will be revisited.
How Wendy Davis Became America’s Conscience on Abortion|Keli Goff|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So while every dumb political idea gets visited and revisited every few decades, the wheel, for example, is here to stay.
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Whether He revisited these, His former friends, the days immediately after His resurrection, we cannot tell.
Memories of Bethany|John Ross Macduff
Later on that same day I revisited the scene, and found a curious contrast.
Ghosts I Have Seen|Violet Tweedale
When I revisited my room later I found everything neatly placed within the drawers and the empty trunks removed.
Dross|Henry Seton Merriman
Revisited there on the return from the second missionary journey (Acts 18:18-21).
The Bible Book by Book|Josiah Blake Tidwell
When Mr. Layard revisited Kouyunjik in 1849, there were no vestiges of the sculptured walls discovered two years previously.
Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy
British Dictionary definitions for visit
visit
/ (ˈvɪzɪt) /
verb-its, -itingor-ited
to go or come to see (a person, place, etc)
to stay with (someone) as a guest
to go or come to (an institution, place, etc) for the purpose of inspecting or examining
(tr)(of a disease, disaster, etc) to assail; afflict
(tr; foll by upon or on)to inflict (punishment, etc)the judge visited his full anger upon the defendant
(tr usually foll by with) archaicto afflict or plague (with punishment, etc)
(often foll by with)US and Canadianinformalto chat or converse (with someone)
noun
the act or an instance of visiting
a stay as a guest
a professional or official call
a formal call for the purpose of inspection or examination
international lawthe right of an officer of a belligerent state to stop and search neutral ships in war to verify their nationality and ascertain whether they carry contrabandthe right of visit and search
US and Canadianinformala friendly talk or chat
Derived forms of visit
visitable, adjective
Word Origin for visit
C13: from Latin vīsitāre to go to see, from vīsere to examine, from vidēre to see