The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Visit \Vis"it\, v. i.
   To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to
   practice calling on others.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Visit \Vis"it\, n. [Cf. F. visite. See Visit, v. t., and cf.
   Visite.]
   1. The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a
      brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity,
      or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of
      civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a
      physician.
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   2. The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal
      inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a
      trustee or inspector.
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   Right of visit (Internat. Law), the right of visitation.
      See Visitation, 4.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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            [God] hath visited and redeemed his people. --Like
                                                  i. 68.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

visit
    n 1: the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a
         short time; "he dropped by for a visit"
    2: a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a
       doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; "he scheduled a
       visit to the dentist"
    3: the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an
       inspection)
    4: the act of going to see some person in a professional
       capacity; "a visit to the dentist"
    5: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn, visit]
    v 1: go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see
         the Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: visit, see]
    2: go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit
       Paris?" [syn: travel to, visit]
    3: pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the
       prominent citizens" [syn: visit, call in, call]
    4: come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The
       governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator
       visited the laboratory" [syn: visit, inspect]
    5: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage
       on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit,
       impose]
    6: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
       men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
       chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
       confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
       natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
    7: stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives
       in the country for a month"
    8: assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed
       him quickly"

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

visit

    To process a node while traversing a
   graph.

   (2001-09-30)