In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
VISIT
sojourn, visit
(noun) a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
visit
(noun) the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; “a visit to the dentist”
visit
(noun) the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
visit
(noun) the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; “he dropped by for a visit”
visit
(noun) 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
(verb) assail; “He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly”
inflict, bring down, visit, impose
(verb) impose something unpleasant; “The principal visited his rage on the students”
visit, inspect
(verb) come to see in an official or professional capacity; “The governor visited the prison”; “The grant administrator visited the laboratory”
visit, call in, call
(verb) pay a brief visit; “The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens”
visit, see
(verb) go to see a place, as for entertainment; “We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning”
visit
(verb) stay with as a guest; “Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
visit (third-person singular simple present visits, present participle visiting, simple past and past participle visited)
(transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
(transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. [from 14th c.]
(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.]
(transitive, now, rare) To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
(transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone). [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc. [from 15th c.]
Synonyms
• call on
Noun
visit (plural visits)
A single act of visiting.
(medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
Source: Wiktionary
Vis"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visited; p. pr. & vb. n. Visiting.] Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Vis"it, v. i.
Definition: To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
Vis"it, n. Etym: [Cf. F. visite. See Visit, v. t., and cf. Visite.]
1. 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.
2. The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector. Right of visit (Internat. Law), the right of visitation. See Visitation, 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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