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Webster 1913 Edition
Visit
Vis′it
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Visited
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Visiting
.] 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 patient2.
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.
Vis′it
,Verb.
I.
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
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 inspectorWebster 1828 Edition
Visit
VIS'IT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To go or come to see; to attend. The physician visits his patient and prescribes. One friend visits another from respect or affection. Paul and Barnabas visited the churches they had planted, to know their state and confirm their faith. Men visit England, France or Italy in their travels.2.
To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, &c.; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits those persons or works which are under his care.3.
To salute with a present.Samson visited his wife with a kid. Judges 15.
4.
To go to and to use; as, to visit the springs.To visit in mercy, in Scriptural language, to be propitious; to grant requests; to deliver from trouble; to support and comfort.
It is thus God visits his people. Gen. 21. Zech. 10.
Luke 12.
To visit with the rod, to punish. Ps. 89.
To visit in wrath, or visit iniquity or sings upon, to chastise; to bring judgments on; to afflict. Ex. 20.
To visit the fatherless and widow, or the sick and imprisoned, to show them regard and pity, and relieve their wants. Matt. 25. James 1.
VIS'IT
,Verb.
I.
VIS'IT
, n.1.
The act of going to see another, or of calling at his house; a waiting on; as a visit of civility or respect; a visit of ceremony; a short visit; a long visit; a pleasant visit.2.
The act of going to see; as a visit to Saratoga or to Niagara.3.
A going to see or attending on; as the visit of a physician.4.
The act of going to view or inspect; as the visit of a trustee or inspector.Definition 2024
visit
visit
See also: visít
English
Verb
visit (third-person singular simple present visits, present participle visiting, simple past and past participle visited)
- (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
- Bible, Luke i. 68
- [God] hath visited and redeemed his people.
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Ruth I.6:
- Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
- Bible, Luke i. 68
- (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
- (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, now rare) To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
- 1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 68:
- Her life was spared by the clemency of the emperor, but he visited the pomp and treasures of her palace.
- 1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 68:
- (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone). [from 14th c.]
- 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough:
- There used to be a sharp contest as to where the effigy was to be made, for the people thought that the house from which it was carried forth would not be visited with death that year.
- 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough:
- (transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone. [from 14th c.]
- 2011, John Mullan, The Guardian, 2 Dec 2011:
- If this were an Ibsen play, we would be thinking of the sins of one generation being visited upon another, he said.
- 2011, John Mullan, The Guardian, 2 Dec 2011:
- (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc. [from 15th c.]
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
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Translations
to go and meet (someone)
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to inflict — see inflict
to avenge — see avenge
Noun
visit (plural visits)
- A single act of visiting.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
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- (medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
single act of visiting
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meeting with a doctor
Related terms
Statistics
Most common English words before 1923: immediately · trees · filled · #637: visit · follow · chance · happened