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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Resort  \Re*sort"\  (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  \Re*sort"\  (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  \Re*sort"\,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  resort 
  n  1:  an  area  where  many  people  go  for  recreation  [syn:  {vacation 
  spot},  {holiday  resort},  {playground}] 
  2:  a  frequently  visited  place  [syn:  {haunt},  {hangout},  {repair}, 
  {stamping  ground}] 
  3:  something  or  someone  turned  to  for  assistance  or  security: 
  "his  only  recourse  was  the  police";  "took  refuge  in  lying" 
  [syn:  {recourse},  {refuge}] 
  4:  act  of  turning  to  for  assistance:  "have  recourse  to  the 
  courts";  "an  appeal  to  his  uncle  was  his  last  resort" 
  [syn:  {recourse},  {refuge}] 
  v  :  have  recourse  to  "The  government  resorted  to  rationing 
  meat"  [syn:  {fall  back},  {recur}]




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