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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Haunt \Haunt\ (h[aum]nt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haunting}.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see {Ambition}); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see {Home}). [root]36.] 1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon. [1913 Webster] You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition; -- said of spirits or ghosts, especially of dead people; as, the murdered man haunts the house where he died. [1913 Webster] Foul spirits haunt my resting place. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. --Ascham. [1913 Webster] 4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Haunt thyself to pity. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Haunt \Haunt\, v. i. To persist in staying or visiting. [1913 Webster] I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Haunt \Haunt\, n. 1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts. [1913 Webster] Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a haunt. [1913 Webster] Note: Often used figuratively. [1913 Webster] The household nook, The haunt of all affections pure. --Keble. [1913 Webster] The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The haunt you have got about the courts. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. Practice; skill. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: haunt n 1: a frequently visited place [syn: {haunt}, {hangout}, {resort}, {repair}, {stamping ground}] v 1: follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her" [syn: {haunt}, {stalk}] 2: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" [syn: {haunt}, {obsess}, {ghost}] 3: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet" [syn: {frequent}, {haunt}]