Sekirov Dictionary

haunt

/hɔːnt/

verb 7
noun 3
forms 4

verb7

•
To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
- A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.
•
To persist in staying or visiting.
- I haue charg’d thee not to haunt about my doores:[…] — 1603
•
To make uneasy, restless.
- The memory of his past failures haunted him.
•
To stalk; to follow.
- The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.
•
(dialect, UK) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- […]haunte thi silf to pite [or pitee]. — 1850
•
(dialect, UK) To practise; to devote oneself to.
- Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. — 1569
•
(no longer used) 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. — 1526

noun3

•
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 lair or feeding place of animals in the wild.
(dialect) A ghost.

forms

haunted · haunting · haunteth · haunts

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