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Definitions for Visit

[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 access, as a website.
[9] to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often followed by on or upon ).
[10] to make a visit.
[11] to talk or chat casually: to visit on the phone with a friend.
[12] to inflict punishment.
[13] the act of or an instance of visiting: a nice, long visit.
[14] a chat or talk: We had a good visit on the way back from the grocery store.
[15] a call paid to a person, family, etc.
[16] a stay or sojourn as a guest.
[17] an official inspection or examination.
[18] 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.
[19] to go or come to see (a person, place, etc)
[20] to stay with (someone) as a guest
[21] to go or come to (an institution, place, etc) for the purpose of inspecting or examining
[22] (tr) (of a disease, disaster, etc) to assail; afflict
[23] (tr; foll by upon or on) to inflict (punishment, etc) the judge visited his full anger upon the defendant
[24] (tr usually foll by with ) archaic to afflict or plague (with punishment, etc)
[25] (often foll by with) US and Canadian informal to chat or converse (with someone)
[26] the act or an instance of visiting
[27] a stay as a guest
[28] a professional or official call
[29] a formal call for the purpose of inspection or examination
[30] international law the 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 contraband the right of visit and search
[31] US and Canadian informal a friendly talk or chat

Words related to Visit

appointment, stop, vacation, stopover, stay, call, interview, holiday, talk, frequent, play, hit, inspect, see, tour, attack, visitation, evening, sojourn, weekend

Words nearby Visit

vision mixer, vision quest, visional, visionary, visioned, visit, visitable, visitant, visitation, visitation rights, visitatorial

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

Words that may be confused with Visit

visit, visitation

Other words from Visit

in·ter·vis·it , verb (used without object)
non·vis·it·ing , adjective
pre·vis·it , noun, verb
re·vis·it , verb, noun
un·vis·it·ed , adjective
un·vis·it·ing , adjective

Word origin for Visit

C13: from Latin vīsitāre to go to see, from vīsere to examine, from vidēre to see

Synonyms for Visit

appointment, call, holiday, interview, stay, stop, stopover, talk, vacation, evening, sojourn, tarriance, visitation, weekend