Visit

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Visited; p. pr. & vb. n. Visiting.]
	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.
	2.	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.
	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. [God] hath visited and redeemed his people. - Like i. 68.
v. i.	1.	To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
n.	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.
	2.	The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector. Right of visit (Internat. Law) the right of visitation. See Visitation, 4.

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

(programming)

visit - To process a node while traversing a graph.

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