Haunt \Haunt\ (h[aum]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). [root]36.]

1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon. [1913 Webster]

You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Foul spirits haunt my resting place. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]

4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]

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Haunt thyself to pity. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "haunting": continuous, cyclical, ever-recurring, frequent, incessant, indelible, nagging, obsessive, periodic, persistent, reappearing, recurrent, recurring, returning, revenant, thematic, thick-coming, ubiquitous, unforgettable

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

haunting adj
1: continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy [syn: persistent]
2: having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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)