i Register
In some senses, haunt is marked as archaic, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
verb
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.
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.
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
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;[…]
To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
[…]haunte thi silf to pite [or pitee].
noun
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.
A ghost.
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.