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verb

rendre visite

/ʁɑ̃.dʁə vi.zit/

verb/ʁɑ̃.dʁə vi.zit/

to visit; to pay a visit to

J'ai rendu visite à mon frère.I visited my brother.

Literally, “to give back a visit”; originally used with the meaning "pay a visit to someone who have themselves visited you earlier" (in order to reciprocate). This nuance has vanished completely in contemporary French.