\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.

\Haunt\, v. i.
To persist in staying or visiting.
      I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. --Shak.

\Haunt\, n.
1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking
   saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of
   wild beasts.
Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a
      dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.
Note: 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.