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.
See also: on, visit

visit on

or visit upon
v.
To inflict something punishing or burdensome on someone or something. Used chiefly in the passive: A plague was visited on the village.
See also: on, visit

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Witt[wit]
Johnnie['dʒɔni]
Herodes-Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
DexterDEKS-tərEnglish
Yehoyakhin-Biblical Hebrew
AndroclesAN-drə-kleez (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)