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Resort

Re-sôrt′, v. i.

verbintransitive

(re-zôrt′), v. i. [imp. & p. p. RESORTED; p. pr. & vb. n. RESORTING.] [Fr. ressortir, to go or come out again, from re, again, and sortir, to go or come out, Sp. resurtir, to rebound.]

Sense 1. To go; to repair; to betake one's self. What men of name resort to him? Shak.

Sense 2. To fall back; to revert. [Obs.] The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother. Hale.

Sense 3. To have recourse; to apply; to betake one's self for help, relief, or advantage. The king thought it time to resort to other counsels. Clarendon.

Re-sôrt', n.

noun

n. [See supra.] 1. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking.

Join with me to forbid him her resort. Shak.

Sense 2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. “Far from all resort of mirth.” Milton.

Sense 3. [Fr. 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.

Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.