Main Entry:

¹haunt

Pronunciation:

\ˈhȯnt, ˈhänt\

Function:

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 verb1 a: to visit often : frequent b: to continually seek the company of2 a: to have a disquieting or harmful effect on : trouble <problems we ignore now will come back to haunt us> b: to recur constantly and spontaneously to <the tune haunted her> c: to reappear continually in <a sense of tension that haunts his writing>3: to visit or inhabit as a ghostintransitive verb1: to stay around or persist : linger2: to appear habitually as a ghost

— haunt·er noun

— haunt·ing·ly \ˈhȯn-tiŋ-lē, ˈhän-\ adverb