Haunt \Haunt\ (?; 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.
You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house.
--Shak.
Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift.
2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost
or apparition.
Foul spirits haunt my resting place. --Fairfax.
3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]
That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . .
. is cursed. --Chaucer.
Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.
--Ascham.
4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]
Haunt thyself to pity. --Wyclif.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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