visit

visit
v
1. call on or upon, look in on, look [s.o.] up, see; come around, come by, stop in or by, Inf. pop in.
2. come or go to, attend, Sl. make the scene; appear, turn up, show up, make or put in an appearance, show one's face.
3. take in, Inf. do, Inf. catch.
4. afflict, assail, attack, smite, come upon, fall or descend upon; scourge, agonize, harrow, torture; (all usu. in reference to punishment) inflict, wreak, bring down upon.
5. converse, talk, chat, chitchat, confabulate, Inf. confab, coze, pass the time of day, while away the time, Brit. Dial. tell, Sl. rap, Sl. chin, Sl. chew the fat or rag, Sl. shoot the breeze or bull, Sl. bull; talk or speak with, have a talk or little talk with, commune or communicate with.
n
6. call, social call; stay, sojourn, stop, stopover, stop-off; conversation, talk, colloquy, chat, chitchat, little talk, Sl. rap, Sl. rap session

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  • 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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