visit
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1. visit - Noun
2. visit - Verb
Meaning
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.
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.
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.
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
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.
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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The principal visited his rage on the students
The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
The governor visited the prison
The grant administrator visited the laboratory
We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning