v.
(visits, visiting, visited)
- go to see and spend some time with (someone) socially or as a guest.
▸go to see and spend time in (a place) as a tourist or guest.
- go to see for a purpose, such as to give professional advice.
▸access and view (a website or web page).
▸(of God) come to in order to bring comfort or salvation.
- (with reference to something harmful or unpleasant) inflict or be inflicted on someone.
▸archaic punish.
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(usu. visit with)
N. Amer. informal chat.
n.
- an act of visiting.
▸a temporary stay at a place.
- N. Amer. a chat.
Derivative
- visitable adj.
- visiting adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. visiter or L. visitare ‘go to see’.