resort

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: resort hotelholiday resorthaunthangoutrepairstamping groundrecourserefugefall backrecur

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. a hotel located in a resort areaSynonyms: resort hotelholiday resort
  2. a frequently visited placeSynonyms: haunthangoutrepairstamping ground
  3. something or someone turned to for assistance or security“his only recourse was the police”“took refuge in lying”Synonyms: recourserefuge
  4. act of turning to for assistance“have recourse to the courts”“an appeal to his uncle was his last resort”Synonyms: recourserefuge

Verb (2)

  1. have recourse to“The government resorted to rationing meat”Synonyms: fall backrecur
  2. move, travel, or proceed toward some place“He repaired to his cabin in the woods”Synonyms: repair
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Resort \Re*sort"\ (r?*z?rt"), n. [F. ressort.] Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

What men name resort to him?— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To fall back; to revert. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors.— Sir M. Hale.[1913 Webster]

3.To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage. [1913 Webster]

The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

Join with me to forbid him her resort.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. [1913 Webster]

Far from all resort of mirth.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge. [1913 Webster]

Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal. [1913 Webster]

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