visit

  1. Verb.  (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort or bless them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) (defdate, from 13th c.) .
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) (defdate, from 13th c.) .
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  4. Verb.  (context, transitive) To punish, to inflict harm (term, upon) (someone or something). (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  5. Verb.  (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone). (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  6. Verb.  (context, transitive) To inflict punishment, vengence for (an offense) (term, on) or (term, upon) someone. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
  9. Noun.  A single act of visiting.
  10. Noun.  (context, medicine) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.

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