3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Visit \Vis"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Visited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Visiting}.] [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See {Vision.}] [1913 Webster] 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 patient. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] [God] hath visited and redeemed his people. --Like i. 68. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Visiting \Vis"it*ing\, a. & vb. n. from {Visit}. [1913 Webster] {Visiting ant}. (Zool.) See {Driver ant}, under {Driver}. {Visiting book}, a book in which a record of visits received, made, and to be made, is kept. --Thackeray. {Visiting card}. See under {Card}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: visiting adj : staying temporarily; "a visiting foreigner"; "guest conductor" [syn: {guest(a)}] n : the activity of making visits; "visiting with the neighbors filled her afternoons"
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