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vis⋅it
[viz-it] 
–verb (used with object)
| 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 Web site. |
| 9. | to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often fol. by on or upon). |
–verb (used without object)
| 10. | to make a visit. |
| 11. | to talk or chat casually: to visit on the phone with a friend. |
| 12. | to inflict punishment. |
–noun
| 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. |
Origin:
1175–1225; ME visiten (v.) (< OF visiter) < L vīsitāre, freq. of vīsere to go to see, itself freq. of vidēre to see
1175–1225; ME visiten (v.) (< OF visiter) < L vīsitāre, freq. of vīsere to go to see, itself freq. of vidēre to see
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| vis·it (vĭz'ĭt) v. vis·it·ed, vis·it·ing, vis·its v. tr.
[Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitāre, frequentative of vīsere, to want to see, go to see, from vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Visit
Vis"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visited; p. pr. & vb. n. Visiting.] [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See Vision.]1. To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient. 2. Specifically: To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge. 3. (Script.) To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath. [God] hath visited and redeemed his people. --Like i. 68.Visit
Vis"it\, v. i. To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.Visit
Vis"it\, n. [Cf. F. visite. See Visit, v. t., and cf. Visite.]1. The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician. 2. The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector. Right of visit (Internat. Law), the right of visitation. See Visitation, 4.
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Language Translation for : visit
Spanish:
visitar,
German:
besuchen,
Japanese:
訪問する
visit (v.)
c.1225, "come to (a person) to comfort or benefit," from O.Fr. visiter, from L. visitare "to go to see, come to inspect," frequentative of visere "behold, visit" (a person or place), from pp. stem of videre "to see, notice, observe" (see vision). Originally of the deity, later of pastors and doctors (c.1300), general sense of "pay a call" is from 1626. Meaning "come upon, afflict" (in ref. to sickness, punishment, etc.) is recorded from c.1340. The noun is 1621, from the verb. Visitor is attested from 1426; sports sense is from 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1vis·it
Pronunciation: 'viz-&t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: vis·it·ed /'viz-&t-&d,'viz-t&d/; vis·it·ing /'viz-&t-i[ng], 'viz-ti[ng]/
1 : to go to attend (a patient)
2 : to go to see (as aphysician or dentist) for professional service
Main Entry: 2visit
Function: noun
1 : a professional call (as by a physician to treat a patient)
2 : a call upon a professionalperson (as a physician or dentist) for consultation or treatment
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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visit programming
To process a node while traversing a graph.
(2001-09-30)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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visit
see pay a call (visit).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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