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haunt(2)(dictionary)
haunt 1, verb(dictionary)
haunt 2, noun(dictionary)

haunt(2) (iou)



haunt verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French hanter from Germanic verb (repr. by Old English hamettan provide with a home, house, Old Norse heimta get home, recover), from base of HOME noun.]
I. verb trans.
Practise or employ habitually or frequently. ME-L16.
Frequent (a place); associate habitually with (a person). ME.
D. Caute The despondent Gilson had begun to haunt the bars.
transf. & fig.
a. Of a thought or feeling: occur to or affect frequently, esp. as a cause of trouble. LME.
D. Wigoder An awful and unforgettable memory which still haunts me.
b. Of a ghost, a spirit, etc.: visit frequently, with manifestations of its presence. L16.
G. Greene The Glowrie ghost, who is condemned to haunt an impoverished castle in the Highlands.
II. verb intrans.
Be accustomed. ME-M16.
Be present habitually (in a specified place); associate (with a specified person). ME.
Go to. ME-M17.
haunted adjective much visited by a ghost, a spirit, etc.; much resorted to; (obsolete exc. dial.) practised, habituated: ME.
hauntedness noun the state of being haunted L19.
haunter noun LME.