Dictionary
vis•it
Pronunciation: (viz'it), [key]—
v.t.
1. 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.
2. to stay with as a guest.
3. to come or go to:
to visit a church for prayer.
4. to go to for the purpose of official inspection or examination:
a general visiting his troops.
5. to come to in order to comfort or aid:
to visit the sick.
6. to come upon; assail; afflict:
The plague visited London in 1665.
7. to cause trouble, suffering, etc., to come to:
to visit him with sorrows.
8. to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often fol. by
on or
upon).
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v.i.
1. to make a visit.
2. to talk or chat casually:
to visit on the phone with a friend.
3. to inflict punishment.
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n.
1. the act of or an instance of visiting:
a nice, long visit.
2. a chat or talk:
We had a good visit on the way back from the grocery store.
3. a call paid to a person, family, etc.
4. a stay or sojourn as a guest.
5. an official inspection or examination.
6. 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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
