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English Dictionary: resort	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for resort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resort n a hotel located in a resort area [syn: resort, {resort hotel}, holiday resort] a frequently visited place Synonym(s): haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" Synonym(s): recourse, refuge, resort act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" Synonym(s): recourse, resort, refuge v have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" Synonym(s): fall back, resort, recur move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" Synonym(s): repair, resort
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resort \Resort"\ (r?z?rt"), n. [Cf. F. ressort jurisdiction. See {Resort}, v.] 1. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force. Join with me to forbid him her resort. --Shak. 2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. Far from all resort of mirth. --Milton. 3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge. {Last resort}, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resort \Resort"\ (r?z?rt"), n. [F. ressort.] Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resort \Resort"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Resorting}.] [OF. resortir to withdraw, take refuge, F. ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, LL. resortire; pref. re- re- + L. sortiri to draw lots, obtain by lot, from sors lot. See {Sort}. The meaning is first to reobtain (by lot), then to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term), to appeal, go for protection or refuge.] 1. To go; to repair; to betake one's self. What men name resort* to him? --Shak. 2. To fall back; to revert. [Obs.] The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors. --Sir M. Hale.