- visit on/upon
- visit on/upon [phrasal verb]◇ The saying the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children means that children often suffer for the bad things their parents do.• • •Main Entry: ↑visit
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visit something upon somebody — ˈvisit sth on/upon sb/sth derived (old use) to punish sb/sth • The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children (= children are blamed or suffer for what their parents have done). Main entry: ↑visitderived … Useful english dictionary
visit something upon something — ˈvisit sth on/upon sb/sth derived (old use) to punish sb/sth • The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children (= children are blamed or suffer for what their parents have done). Main entry: ↑visitderived … Useful english dictionary
visit — 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… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
visit — [n] social call upon another appointment, call, evening, holiday, interview, sojourn, stay, stop, stopover, talk, tarriance, vacation, visitation, weekend; concepts 226,227 visit [v1] be a guest of call, call on, chat, come around, come by,… … New thesaurus
visit upon — ˈvisit on ˈvisit upon [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they visit on he/she/it visits on present participle visiting on … Useful english dictionary
visit — [viz′it] vt. [ME visiten < OFr visiter < L visitare, freq. < visere, to go to see < visus: see VISION] 1. to go or come to see (someone) out of friendship or for social reasons 2. to stay with as a guest for a time 3. to go or come to … English World dictionary
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.}] [1913 Webster] 1. To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
visit on — ˈvisit on ˈvisit upon [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they visit on he/she/it visits on present participle visiting on past tense … Useful english dictionary
visit something on somebody — ˈvisit sth on/upon sb/sth derived (old use) to punish sb/sth • The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children (= children are blamed or suffer for what their parents have done). Main entry: ↑visitderived … Useful english dictionary
visit something on something — ˈvisit sth on/upon sb/sth derived (old use) to punish sb/sth • The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children (= children are blamed or suffer for what their parents have done). Main entry: ↑visitderived … Useful english dictionary
