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English Dictionary: Visiting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
visiting
n
  1. the activity of making visits; "the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services"
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}.
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