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  • 1visit — vis|it1 W1S2 [ˈvızıt] v [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: visiter, from Latin visitare, from visere to go to see , from videre; VISION] 1.) [I and T] to go and spend time in a place or with someone, especially for pleasure or interest ▪… …

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  • 2visit — 1 / vIzit/ verb 1 (I, T) to go and spend time in a place or with someone, especially for pleasure or interest: “Do you live here?” “No, we re just visiting”. | visit sth: We hope to visit the Grand Canyon on our trip. | visit sb: Aunt Jane… …

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  • 3Visit to the Blessed Sacrament — usually high church.The term visit means to go and talk with someone who stays in a place which is at a certain distance from one s own. A visit to the Blessed Sacrament then is the act of going to talk with Jesus Christ whom Catholics believe is …

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  • 4short — 1. adjective 1) short people Syn: small, little, petite, tiny, diminutive, elfin; Scottish wee 2) a short report Syn: concise, brief, succinct, compact, pithy …

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  • 5visit — n Visit, visitation, call are comparable when they mean a coming to stay with another, usually for a brief time, as a courtesy, an act of friendship, or a business or professional diity. Visit applies not only to such a stay with another {pay a… …

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  • 6Visit with the Armed Forces — was a short lived TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from 1950 to 1951. As it s title suggests, the series consisted of documentry films on the US Military. The series started on July 3 1950 and ended January 22 1951. Little… …

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  • 7short|ish — «SHR tihsh», adjective. rather short: »a shortish run, visit or speech …

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  • 8visit — I n. 1) to make, pay; schedule a visit to 2) to cancel; cut short a visit 3) a flying ( very short ); formal; friendly; informal; official; return; state; unscheduled; weekend visit 4) a visit to (this is my first visit to your country) 5) on a… …

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  • 9Visit of King George IV to Scotland — The 1822 visit of King George IV to Scotland was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since 1650. Government ministers had pressed the King to bring forward a proposed visit to Scotland, to divert him from diplomatic intrigue at the… …

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  • 10visit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, fleeting (esp. BrE), flying (BrE), quick, short ▪ little ▪ I think it s time we paid him a little visit …

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