haunt
1. haunt \'ho.nt, 'ha:nt\ \-in-le-\ vb [ME haunten, fr. OF hanter] 1a: to visit often : FREQUENT 1b: to continually seek the company of 2a: to recur constantly and spontaneously to 2b: to reappear continually in 3: to visit or inhabit as a ghost 1: to stay around or persist : LINGER 2: to appear habitually as a ghost - haunt.er n 2. haunt \'ho.nt, 'ha:nt, 2 is usu 'hant\ n 1: a place habitually frequented : HOME chiefly dial 2: GHOST