haunt

UK /hɔːnt/ US /hɔnt/
verb 5noun 3

Definitions

verb

1

To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.

You wrong me Sir,thus ſtill to haunt my houſe.

2

To make uneasy, restless.

The memory of his past failures haunted him.

The murder of Déagol haunted Gollum, and he had made up a defence.

3

To stalk; to follow.

The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.

Ex's and the oh-oh-oh's, they haunt me / Like ghosts, they want me / To make 'em a-a-all / They won't let go / Ex's and oh's

4

To live habitually; to stay, to remain.

Ieſus therfore walked no more openly amõge the iewes : butt went his waye thence vnto a countre ny to a wildernes into a cite called effraym / and there haunted with his diſciples.

[…]That yonder in that faithfull wilderneſſe / Huge monſters haunt,and many dangers dwell;[…]

5

To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.

[…]haunte thi silf to pite [or pitee].

noun

1

A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.

The shopping mall is a popular haunt of the local teenagers in this town.

I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.

2

A ghost.

3

A lair or feeding place of animals.

The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.

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