visit on

visit something (up)on someone

Fig. to inflict something upon someone. (Stilted. Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) The FBI visited a plague of investigations on the mayor's staff. The storm visited disaster on the little village.

visit on

or visit upon

To inflict something punishing or burdensome on someone or something. Used chiefly in the passive: A plague was visited on the village.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Patricia	pə-TRISH-ə (English), pah-TREE-thyah (Spanish), pah-TREE-syah (Latin American Spanish), pah-TREE-tsee-ah (German)	English, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Renata	re-NAH-tah (Italian, Spanish, German, Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Hideyoshi	hee-de-yo-shee	Japanese
Aesculapius	[.i:skju'leipjəs]
Lettice	-	English (Archaic)
Audamar	-	Ancient Germanic