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visited Definition


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visit
verb visited, visiting
    tr & intr
    1. To go or come to see (a person or place) socially or professionally.
      Thesaurus: stop by, be the guest of, call on, call upon, drop in on.
    tr & intr
    2. To go or come to stay with someone temporarily.
    3. To inflict (harm or punishment) on them.
      Form: visit something on someone (usually)
    4. To enter the mind of someone temporarily.
    5. old use
      To afflict or trouble them.
      Example: The plague visited the villagers with dire consequences
      Form: visit someone with something (usually)
    (N Amer)
    6. colloq
      To have a chat with them.
      Form: visit with someone (usually)
noun
    1. An act of visiting; a social or professional call.
    2. A temporary stay.
      Thesaurus: stay, stop, sojourn, stop-off, stop-over, lay-over.
    3. A sightseeing excursion.
Derivative: visitable
adj
    Etymology: 13c: from Latin visitare, from visere to go to see.



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