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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Resort

Resort (resort)
n.(r?*z?rt")
Re*sort"
[F. ressort.]
  1. 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

Resort (resort)
v. i.
Re*sort"
then to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term
  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

Resort (resort)
n.(r?*z?rt")
Re*sort"
[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.













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