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RESORTS
Noun
resorts
plural of resort
Verb
resorts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resort
Anagrams
• Storers, rosters, sorters, storers
Source: Wiktionary
RESORT
Re*sort" (r*zrt"), n. Etym: [F. ressort.]
Definition: 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.
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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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