From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
visit
n 1: the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a
short time; "he dropped by for a visit"
2: a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a
doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; "he scheduled a
visit to the dentist"
3: the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an
inspection)
4: the act of going to see some person in a professional
capacity; "a visit to the dentist"
5: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn, visit]
v 1: go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see
the Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: visit, see]
2: go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit
Paris?" [syn: travel to, visit]
3: pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the
prominent citizens" [syn: visit, call in, call]
4: come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The
governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator
visited the laboratory" [syn: visit, inspect]
5: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage
on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit,
impose]
6: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
7: stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives
in the country for a month"
8: assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed
him quickly"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[God] hath visited and redeemed his people. --Like
i. 68.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Visit \Vis"it\, v. i.
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to
practice calling on others.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal
inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a
trustee or inspector.
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Right of visit (Internat. Law), the right of visitation.
See Visitation, 4.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
visit
<programming> To process a node while traversing a
graph.
(2001-09-30)