visit

  • (noun): A single act of visiting.
  • (noun): A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
  • (verb): To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
  • (verb): To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
  • (verb): Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
  • (verb): To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).
  • (verb): Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
  • (verb): To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
  • (verb): To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
  • (verb): To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.