HAUNT
\hˈɔːnt], \hˈɔːnt], \h_ˈɔː_n_t]\
Definitions of HAUNT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"
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follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
By Princeton University
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To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
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To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
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To practice; to devote one's self to.
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To persist in staying or visiting.
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A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
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The habit of resorting to a place.
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Practice; skill.
By Oddity Software
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To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
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To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
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To practice; to devote one's self to.
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To persist in staying or visiting.
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A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
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The habit of resorting to a place.
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Practice; skill.
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To accustom; to habituate.
By Noah Webster.
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A place of accustomed resort.
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To visit frequently or habitually; trouble with frequent visits, as an apparition.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald