visit
• verb (visited, visiting) 1 go to see and spend time with (someone) socially or as a guest. 2 go to see and spend time in (a place) as a tourist or guest. 3 go to see for a purpose. 4 (with reference to something harmful or unpleasant) inflict or be inflicted on someone. 5 N. Amer. informal chat. • noun 1 an act of visiting. 2 a temporary stay at a place. 3 N. Amer. an informal conversation. — ORIGIN Latin visitare ‘go to see’.
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