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Haunt

Haunt (haunt)
v. t.(hänt; 277)
Haunt
[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); o
  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.


Haunt

Haunt (haunt)
v. i.
Haunt
  1. To persist in staying or visiting.

    I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.


Haunt

Haunt (haunt)
n.
Haunt
  1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.

    * In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.

    Often used figuratively.

    The household nook,
    The haunt of all affections pure.
    Keble.

    The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. Tennyson.

  2. The habit of resorting to a place.
    [Obs.]

    The haunt you have got about the courts. Arbuthnot.

  3. Practice; skill.
    [Obs.]

    Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.














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