Толковый словарь английского языка - haunt

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