visit
/ˈvɪzɪt/ verb A1- To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
- Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
Plural visit · He/she/it visits · Past visited · Past participle visited · -ing form visiting
Verb forms
- Base form
- visit
- He/she/it
- visits
- Past
- visited
- Past participle
- visited
- -ing form
- visiting
From the library
I landed here, regulated the affairs of the vessel, and hastened to visit my affianced bride, whom I found more lovely than ever.
But bear in mind, that should there fall in your way anyone guilty of conspiring against the government, you will be so much the more bound to visit the offence with rigorous punishment, as it is known you belong to a suspected family.”
Who will wake you to your daily tasks or tell you when it is time to visit the bird-trap in the morning?” He replied, “What you say is true.
A MAN who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic feats he had performed in the different places he had visited.
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