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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''hanter'', probably from Old Norse ''heimta'' to [[lead]] [[home]], pull, claim, from ''heimr'' home | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''hanter'', probably from Old Norse ''heimta'' to [[lead]] [[home]], pull, claim, from ''heimr'' home |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a : to [[visit]] often : frequent | | *1a : to [[visit]] often : frequent |
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| *3: to visit or inhabit as a [[ghost]] | | *3: to visit or inhabit as a [[ghost]] |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | A '''haunted''' house is a house or other building often [[perceived]] as being inhabited by disembodied [[spirits]] of the deceased who may have been former residents or were familiar with the [[property]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapsychologists Parapsychologists] attribute haunting to the spirits of the [[dead]] and the effect of [[violent]] or [[tragic]] [[events]] in the building's past such as [[murder]], [[accidental]] [[death]], or [[suicide]]. More [[scientific]] [[explanations]] for the perception that a house is haunted include misinterpreting [[noises]] naturally present in structures, waking [[dreams]], suggestibility, and the effect of [[toxic]] substances in environments that can cause [[hallucinations]]. | + | A '''haunted''' house is a house or other building often [[perceived]] as being inhabited by disembodied [[spirits]] of the deceased who may have been former residents or were familiar with the [[property]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapsychologists Parapsychologists] attribute haunting to the spirits of the [[dead]] and the effect of [[violent]] or [[tragic]] [[events]] in the building's past such as [[murder]], [[accidental]] [[death]], or [[suicide]]. More [[scientific]] [[explanations]] for the perception that a house is haunted include misinterpreting [[noises]] naturally present in structures, waking [[dreams]], suggestibility, and the effect of [[toxic]] substances in environments that can cause [[hallucinations]]. |
| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| *'''''[[Ghosts]]''''' | | *'''''[[Ghosts]]''''' |
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| [[Category: Psychology]] | | [[Category: Psychology]] |