Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - haunt
Haunt
haunt
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (of a ghost) visit (a place) regularly, usu. reputedly giving signs of its presence. 2 tr. (of a person or animal) frequent or be persistently in (a place). 3 tr. (of a memory etc.) be persistently in the mind of. 4 intr. (foll. by with, in) stay habitually. --n. 1 (often in pl.) a place frequented by a person. 2 a place frequented by animals, esp. for food and drink. Derivatives haunter n. Etymology: ME f. OF hanter f. Gmc
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French hanter, probably from Old Norse heimta to lead home, pull, claim, from heimr home Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to visit often ; frequent, to continually seek the company of, 2. to have a disquieting or harmful effect on ; trouble , to recur constantly and spontaneously to , to reappear continually in , to visit or inhabit as a ghost, intransitive verb to stay around or persist ; linger, to appear habitually as a ghost, ~er noun ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century a place habitually frequented, ghost ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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