visit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally…

   To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

2. 2

   To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.

   • She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas.
3. 3

   Of God

   Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

   • [God] hath visited and redeemed his people.
   • 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.
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   1. 4

      To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).

      • Her life was spared by the clemency of the emperor, but he visited the pomp and treasures of her palace.
   2. 5

      Of a sickness, misfortune etc.

      Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).

      • 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.
   3. 6

      To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.

      • 05-032 was right about one thing: there is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to visit utter annihilation on it.
      • If this were an Ibsen play, we would be thinking of the sins of one generation being visited upon another, he said.
   4. 7

      To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses,…

      To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

   5. 8

      To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.

      • Each year, millions of people visit the 4,570-meter-high Baishui Glacier in southern China.
   6. 9

      A single act of visiting.

      • Next time you're in Manchester, give me a visit.
      • We paid a quick visit to James on the way up to Scotland.
   7. 10

      A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.

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