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Haunt (h&ä;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). √36.] 1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
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You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. Shak.
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Those cares that haunt the court and town. Swift.
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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.
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Foul spirits haunt my resting place. Fairfax.
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3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]
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That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. Chaucer.
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Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. Ascham.
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4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]
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Haunt thyself to pity. Wyclif.
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Haunt, v. i. To persist in staying or visiting.
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I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.
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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.
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&hand_; In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.
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Often used figuratively.
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The haunt of all affections pure. Keble.
[1913 Webster]The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. Tennyson.
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2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.]
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The haunt you have got about the courts. Arbuthnot.
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3. Practice; skill. [Obs.]
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Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.
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