visit in WordNet English dictionary

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

1. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
   sojourn  visit 
   
2. the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
   "a visit to the dentist"
   visit 
   
3. the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
   visit 
   
4. the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
   "he dropped by for a visit"
   visit 
   
5. 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"
   visit