English Dictionary: Visiting | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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.}] 1. To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient. 2. Specifically: To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge. 3. (Script.) To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath. [God] hath visited and redeemed his people. --Like i. 68. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Visiting \Vis"it*ing\, a. & vb. n. from {Visit}. {Visiting ant}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Driver ant}, under {Driver}. {Visiting book}, a book in which a record of visits received, made, and to be made, is kept. --Thackeray. {Visiting card}. See under {Card}. |