Resort
Resort (r?*z?rt") , noun
[French ressort.]
Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism; Obsolete]
Some... know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it.
Resort , intransitive verb
[Old French resortir to withdraw, take refuge, French ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, Late Latin resortire; pref. re- re- + Latin 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?
2.
To fall back; to revert. [Obsolete]
The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors.
3.
To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.
Resort (r?*z?rt") , noun
[Compare French 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.
2.
A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
Far from all resort of mirth.
3.
That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Collocations (1)
Last resort , ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.