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.
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. 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?*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.
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