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/rɪzˈɔrt/ /rizˈɔrt/ /risˈɔrt/ Listen

noun

Resort n. 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."

Resort n.

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."

A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. "Far from all resort of mirth."

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.

verb

Resort v. i. (past & past part. resorted; pres. part. resorting)

To go; to repair; to betake one's self. "What men name resort to him?"

To fall back; to revert. (Obs.) "The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors."

To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage. "The king thought it time to resort to other counsels."

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"Resort" Quotes from Famous Books

... until I began to think of food and drink; and at that thought the real hopelessness of my position came home to me. I knew no way of getting anything to eat. I was too ignorant of botany to discover any resort of root or fruit that might lie about me; I had no means of trapping the few rabbits upon the island. It grew blanker the more I turned the prospect over. At last in the desperation of my position, my mind turned to the animal men I had encountered. I tried to find some hope ...

— The Island of Doctor Moreau • H. G. Wells

... in masses of ice before Noah's ark was put together; saw them sink to the bottom, and rise again in a sand-bank, which grew higher and higher above the water; and I said, 'That will be Zealand!' It became the resort of birds of various species unknown to us—the home of savage chiefs as little known to us, until the axe cut the Runic characters which then brought them into our chronology. As I was thus musing three or four falling stars attracted ...

— The Sand-Hills of Jutland • Hans Christian Andersen

... catch, tame, and care for animals that inhabit our own woods. And I would suggest that these animals be simply described. We boys who are interested in our animals and birds are in great need of such a book; it would have helped me in any of the following cases. The summer resort at which I have spent several summers is infested with moles, yet for two years I have tried unsuccessfully to obtain one alive. Last spring I had three young crows, all of which died, not from inattention, but because I did not know how to care for ...

— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 10, March 10, 1898 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... but from which it is dangerous for anyone to deviate; so that men are constantly exposed involuntarily to inflict or to receive bitter affronts. But as the distinctions of rank are obliterated, as men differing in education and in birth meet and mingle in the same places of resort, it is almost impossible to agree upon the rules of good breeding. As its laws are uncertain, to disobey them is not a crime, even in the eyes of those who know what they are; men attach more importance to intentions than to forms, and they grow less civil, ...

— Democracy In America, Volume 2 (of 2) • Alexis de Tocqueville

... all together for safety; she had found these cards, the addresses of theatrical agents. As she looked at them, she remembered Burlingham's having said that Blynn—Maurice Blynn, at Vine and Ninth Streets—might give them something at one of the "over the Rhine" music halls, as a last resort. She noted the address, put away the cards and walked on, looking about for a policeman. Soon she came to a bridge over a muddy stream—a little river, she thought at first, then remembered that it must be the ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

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