Hypertext Webster Gateway: "visiting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.}]
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. 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.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Visiting \Vis"it*ing\,
a. & vb. n. from {Visit}.

{Visiting ant}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Driver ant}, under {Driver}.


{Visiting book}, a book in which a record of visits received,
made, and to be made, is kept. --Thackeray.

{Visiting card}. See under {Card}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

visiting
adj : staying temporarily; "a visiting foreigner"; "guest
conductor" [syn: {guest(a)}]
n : the activity of making visits; "visiting with the neighbors
filled her afternoons"

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