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Definition of Haunt
1. Noun. A frequently visited place.
Generic synonyms: Area, Country
Specialized synonyms: Gathering Place
Derivative terms: Hang Out, Repair
2. Verb. Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to. "The ghost of her mother haunted her"
3. Verb. Haunt like a ghost; pursue. "The good news will haunt her"; "Fear of illness haunts her"
4. Verb. Be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place. "She haunts the ballet"
Generic synonyms: Travel To, Visit
Specialized synonyms: Hang Out
Derivative terms: Frequent, Frequenter
Definition of Haunt
1. v. t. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
2. v. i. To persist in staying or visiting.
3. n. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
Definition of Haunt
1. Verb. (transitive) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To make uneasy. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To stalk, to follow ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain. ¹
5. Noun. A place at which one is regularly found; a hangout. ¹
6. Noun. (dialect) A ghost. ¹
7. Noun. A feeding place for animals.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haunt
1. to visit frequently [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haunt
Literary usage of Haunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... out of myn haunt, Anon I slee thy stede |] with mace-^- Here is the quenc of
Faerie. With harpe, and pipe, and simphonie, Dwelling in this place. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"in 1867 to supply the city from Lake Sebago, whose beautiful expanse (14 miles
long by 11 wide) was the favorite haunt of Nathaniel Hawthorne's boyhood. ..."
3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"The rest are out on parties; yet the Indians continue to haunt the roads, and
pick up straggling persons. This you may see by the enclosed from Captain John ..."
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