Haunt | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Häunt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HAUNTED; p. pr. & vb. n. HAUNTING.] [Fr. hanter, from A-S. hentan, to pursue, go after; Dan. hente, to fetch, bring; Icel. heimta, to demand, regain, from heim, house, home, Dan. hjem, A-S. hām. See HOME.]

Sense 1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to seek constantly; also, to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon contrary to the wishes or will of.

Celestial Venus haunts Idalia’s groves. Pope.

You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. Shak.

Those cares that haunt the court and town. Swift.

Sense 2. To inhabit as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.

Foul spirits haunt my resting-place. Fairfax.

Sense 3. To habituate; to accustom; to practice.

Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. Ascham.

Häunt, v. i.

verbintransitive

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

Hāunt, n.

noun

n. 1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, taverns are often the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.

The habit or custom of resorting to a place. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
Custom; practice. [Obs.]

Of cloth-making she hadde swiche an haunt. Chaucer.