visit
To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
Other meanings
To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
“She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas.”
Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
Related words
- visit a spell
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "vīsitō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “visit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.