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haunt

haunt [ hawnt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle haunt·ed, present participle haunt·ing, 3rd person present singular haunts)
Definition:
 
1. discomfit somebody by unpleasant reminders: to cause somebody unease, worry, or regret by continual presence or recurrence in his or her life
haunted by doubt

2. visit somewhere continually: to go often to a place

3. paranormal appear to somebody as ghost: to frequent a place or appear to somebody in the form of a ghost or other supposed supernatural being



noun  (plural haunts)
Definition:
 
1. place somebody often visits: a place that somebody likes and often visits

2. paranormal ghost: a supposed supernatural being or a manifestation of one, especially one associated with a particular place

[12th century. < French hanter "frequent a place" < Germanic, "home"]

haunt·er noun
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