To Visit

1. (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
2. (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. [from 14th c.]
3. (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
4. (transitive, now rare) To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
5. (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone). [from 14th c.]
6. (transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone. [from 14th c.]
7. (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 14th c.]
8. (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc. [from 15th c.]

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