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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Haunted \Haunt"ed\, a. Inhabited by or subject to the visits of apparitions; frequented by a ghost. All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. --Longfellow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: haunted adj 1: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman" [syn: {obsessed}, {preoccupied}, {taken up(p)}] 2: showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression became progressively more haunted" 3: inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house"
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