visit

English Online Dictionary. What means visit‎? What does visit mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪzɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪzɪt
• Hyphenation: vis‧it

Verb

visit (third-person singular simple present visits, present participle visiting, simple past and past participle visited)

1. (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
2. (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. [from 14th c.]

3. (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
4. (transitive, now rare) To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
5. (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone). [from 14th c.]
6. (transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone. [from 14th c.]
7. (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 14th c.]
8. (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc. [from 15th c.]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (go and meet): call on

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Noun

visit (plural visits)

1. A single act of visiting.
2. (medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.

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Related terms

• unvisited
• visitation
• visitor

Latin

Verb

vīsit

1. third-person singular present/perfect active indicative of vīsō