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[Fr. visite.] [VISIT, v.] 1. The act of visiting, or going to see a person, place, or thing; a call; a short stay of friendship, ceremony, busine , duty, curiosity, or the like. "In visits Like those of angels, short and far between." Blair: The Grave , ii. 587. 2. A formal or official visit or inspection; a vis it at i on. (1) Right of visit : [VISITATION, II. 2.]. (2) To pay a visit: To visit. [VISIT, v., A. 1., B. 2.] *visit-day, s. A day on which a lady in society vas" at home" to receive callers. "On visit- days she bears To mount her fifty flights of ample stairs." Parnell : Elegy to an Old Beauty.