Category:Resort

Re*sort" (r*zrt"), n. Etym: [f. ressort.]

Defn: 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.

Resort Re*sort", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resorting.] Etym: [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.

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. Clarendon.

Resort Re*sort" (r*zrt"), n. Etym: [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.