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appointment (meeting), attend (be present at), inhabit
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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visit — n Visit, visitation, call are comparable when they mean a coming to stay with another, usually for a brief time, as a courtesy, an act of friendship, or a business or professional diity. Visit applies not only to such a stay with another {pay a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
visit — [viz′it] vt. [ME visiten < OFr visiter < L visitare, freq. < visere, to go to see < visus: see VISION] 1. to go or come to see (someone) out of friendship or for social reasons 2. to stay with as a guest for a time 3. to go or come to … English World dictionary
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.}] [1913 Webster] 1. To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
visit — [n] social call upon another appointment, call, evening, holiday, interview, sojourn, stay, stop, stopover, talk, tarriance, vacation, visitation, weekend; concepts 226,227 visit [v1] be a guest of call, call on, chat, come around, come by,… … New thesaurus
visit on — ˈvisit on ˈvisit upon [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they visit on he/she/it visits on present participle visiting on past tense … Useful english dictionary
Visit — Vis it, v. i. To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Visit — (engl. „Besuch“) steht für: ein Visitenkartenporträt einen Internet Seitenabruf, siehe Unique Visit Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begrif … Deutsch Wikipedia
visit — (v.) early 13c., come to (a person) to comfort or benefit, from O.Fr. visiter, from L. visitare to go to see, come to inspect, frequentative of visere behold, visit (a person or place), from pp. stem of videre to see, notice, observe (see VISION… … Etymology dictionary
visit — To visit with someone, i.e. pay them a brief call, is now regarded as an Americanism although it was current in Britain in the 19c, occurring for example in writings of Ruskin and George Eliot (Middlemarch, 1872) … Modern English usage
