Revisit
[riː'vɪzɪt] or [ri'vɪzɪt]
Definition
(v. t.) To visit again.
(v. t.) To revise.
Editor: Pedro
Definition
v.t. to visit again.—ns. Revis′it; Revis′itant.—adj. revisiting.—n. Revisitā′tion.
Editor: Ramon
Examples
- He had schemed, if he failed in his present attempt, without taking leave of any of us, to embark for Greece, and never again to revisit England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Yes, thou shalt revisit the land of thy birth, I thought, as I looked invidiously on the airy voyager; but we shall, never more! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- At these moments I wept bitterly, and wished that peace would revisit my mind only that I might afford them consolation and happiness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Love her, Rick, in your active life, no less than in her home when you revisit it, and all will go well. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nevertheless, I knew, while I said those words, that I secretly intended to revisit the site of the old house that evening, alone, for her sake. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I felt for my old self as the dead may feel if they ever revisit these scenes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then she longed to breathe the fresh air, to revisit her flowers, to see how the fruit had ripened. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The next day he threw such disguise over his person as a cloak afforded, and revisited Evadne. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Accordingly Fort Pemberton was revisited by our troops; but an inspection was sufficient this time without an attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was a room where one might fancy the ghost of a tight-laced lady revisiting the scene of her embroidery. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Did she ever talk of revisiting the place? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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