Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resort"
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) 1.7 (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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