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haunt
(encz) | haunt,pronásledovat Hynek Hanke |
Haunt
(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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Haunt
(gcide) | Haunt \Haunt\, v. i.
To persist in staying or visiting.
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I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. --Shak.
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Haunt
(gcide) | Haunt \Haunt\, n.
1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking
saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of
wild beasts.
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Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a
dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.
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Note: Often used figuratively.
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The household nook,
The haunt of all affections pure. --Keble.
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The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. --Tennyson.
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2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.]
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The haunt you have got about the courts.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. Practice; skill. [Obs.]
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Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. --Chaucer.
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haunt
(wn) | haunt
n 1: a frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout,
resort, repair, stamping ground]
v 1: follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;
"her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother
haunted her" [syn: haunt, stalk]
2: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
[syn: haunt, obsess, ghost]
3: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She
haunts the ballet" [syn: frequent, haunt] |
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come back to haunt you
(encz) | come back to haunt you,špatné skutky tě přijdou strašit Zdeněk Brož |
haunted
(encz) | haunted,strašidelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
haunter
(encz) | haunter, |
haunting
(encz) | haunting,chytlavý adj: josehaunting,pronásledování n: Zdeněk Brožhaunting,strašení n: Zdeněk Brož |
hauntingly
(encz) | hauntingly, |
Chaunt
(gcide) | Chaunt \Chaunt\, n. & v.
See Chant.
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Chaunter
(gcide) | Chaunter \Chaunt"er\, n.
1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [Slang,
Eng.]
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2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.]
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He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. --Dickens.
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3. The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.
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Chaunterie
(gcide) | Chaunterie \Chaunt"er*ie\, n.
See Chantry. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Dishaunt
(gcide) | Dishaunt \Dis*haunt"\, v. t.
To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt. --Halliwell.
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Haunt
(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.
[1913 Webster]Haunt \Haunt\, v. i.
To persist in staying or visiting.
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I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Haunt \Haunt\, n.
1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking
saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of
wild beasts.
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Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a
dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.
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Note: Often used figuratively.
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The household nook,
The haunt of all affections pure. --Keble.
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The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. --Tennyson.
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2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.]
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The haunt you have got about the courts.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. Practice; skill. [Obs.]
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Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. --Chaucer.
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Haunted
(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.
[1913 Webster]Haunted \Haunt"ed\, a.
Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions;
frequented by a ghost.
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All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses. --Longfellow.
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Haunter
(gcide) | Haunter \Haunt"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, haunts.
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Haunting
(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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Hell-haunted
(gcide) | Hell-haunted \Hell"-haunt`ed\, a.
Haunted by devils; hellish. --Dryden.
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To chaunt horses
(gcide) | Chant \Chant\, v. i.
1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the
sound of the viol." --Amos vi. 5.
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2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
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To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their
praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See
Chaunter. --Thackeray.
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haunted
(wn) | haunted
adj 1: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with
something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid
riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no
help from his wife who was preoccupied with the
children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
[syn: haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, {taken
up(p)}]
2: showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression
became progressively more haunted"
3: inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house" |
haunting
(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: haunting,
persistent]
2: having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two
handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of
disintegration"-Charles Lee |
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