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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Haunt \Haunt\ (h[aum]nt; 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.
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              You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift.
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     2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost
        or apparition; -- said of spirits or ghosts, especially of
        dead people; as, the murdered man haunts the house where
        he died.
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              Foul spirits haunt my resting place.  --Fairfax.
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     3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]
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              That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . .
              . is cursed.                          --Chaucer.
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              Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.
                                                    --Ascham.
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     4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]
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              Haunt thyself to pity.                --Wyclif.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Haunt \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  haunting
       adj 1: continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the
              cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting
              beauty"- Claudia Cassidy [syn: persistent]
       2: having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two
          handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of
          disintegration"-Charles Lee

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  haunting
     a.
     Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
     n.
     A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en haunt nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  haunting
     a.
     Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
     n.
     A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en haunt nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  haunting
     a.
     Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
     n.
     A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en haunt nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  haunting
     a.
     Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
     n.
     A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en haunt nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  haunting
     Englanti a.
     1 unohtumaton
     2 koskettava
     3 vainoava

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  haunting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en haunt ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Haunting /hˈɔːntɪŋ/
  المطاردة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  haunting /hˈɔːntɪŋ/ 
  натрапчив
  Remaining in the mind

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  haunting /hˈɔːntɪŋ/ 
  pronásledování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  haunting /hˈɔːntɪŋ/ 
  strašení