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Visit in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels visit as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun
Visit

[Cf. F. visite. See Visit, v. t., and cf. Visite.]

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Headwordvisit
Part of speechnoun
Historical etymology[Cf. F. visite. See Visit, v. t., and cf. Visite.]
Selected historical definitionThe 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.
Signed record IDwebster1913-visit-noun-f276d641ca41
Source locatorCIDE.V, paragraph 2943; Gutenberg eBook 669
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 669Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "visit" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[Cf. F. visite. See Visit, v. t., and cf. Visite.]" The selected historical definition says: "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."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-10-04

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