Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Visitá-re, v. a.
1. to visit, go to see. — un ammalato,to visit a sick person. — un amico, to visit a friend, make a visit. — uno con lettere,to write to one, send one a letter; 2. to visit, make a visitation; 3. to search. — un vascello,to search a ship. — delle mercanzie, to search commodities. — una piaga, to examine a sore, probe a wound. I commissarj hanno visitato il corpo del morto, the coroner sat upon the dead body. — una casa, to view or survey a house; s. m. Visitá-tóre, f. Visitá-tríce.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
visitare: to visit, to view, to suruey, or come and see often.