Visiting


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 website.
9.
to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often followed 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.
verb -its, -iting, -ited
1.
to go or come to see (a person, place, etc)
2.
to stay with (someone) as a guest
3.
to go or come to (an institution, place, etc) for the purpose of inspecting or examining
4.
(transitive) (of a disease, disaster, etc) to assail; afflict
5.
(transitive; foll by upon or on) to inflict (punishment, etc): the judge visited his full anger upon the defendant
6.
(archaic) (transitive) usually foll by with. to afflict or plague (with punishment, etc)
7.
(often foll by with) (US & Canadian, informal) to chat or converse (with someone)
noun
8.
the act or an instance of visiting
9.
a stay as a guest
10.
a professional or official call
11.
a formal call for the purpose of inspection or examination
12.
(international law) the right of an officer of a belligerent state to stop and search neutral ships in war to verify their nationality and ascertain whether they carry contraband: the right of visit and search
13.
(US & Canadian, informal) a friendly talk or chat
see: pay a call (visit)

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