visit

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
visit/ˈvɪzɪt/

▶verb (visits, visiting, visited)

• 1 go to see and spend some time with (someone) socially or as a guest.

  ■ go to see and spend time in (a place) as a tourist or guest.

• 2 go to see for a purpose, such as to give professional advice.

  ■ access and view (a website or web page).

  ■ (of God) come to in order to bring comfort or salvation.

• 3 (with reference to something harmful or unpleasant) inflict or be inflicted on someone.

  ■ archaic punish.

• 4 (usu. visit with) N. Amer. informal chat.

▶noun

• 1 an act of visiting.

  ■ a temporary stay at a place.

• 2 N. Amer. a chat.

– derivatives
visitable adjective,
visiting adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. visiter or L. visitare ‘go to see’.