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re-sort
[ree-sawrt] 
–verb (used with object)
| to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again. |
re⋅sort
[ri-zawrt] –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war. |
| 2. | to go, esp. frequently or customarily: a beach to which many people resort. |
–noun
| 3. | a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, esp. one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers: a popular winter resort. |
| 4. | habitual or general going, as to a place or person. |
| 5. | use of or appeal to some person or thing for aid, satisfaction, service, etc.; resource: to have resort to force; a court of last resort. |
| 6. | a person or thing resorted to for aid, satisfaction, service, etc. |
Origin:
1325–75; (v.) ME resorten < OF resortir, equiv. to re- re- + sortir to go out, leave, escape, perh. ult. < L sortīrī to draw lots, though sense development unclear; (n.) ME < OF ressort, deriv. of ressortir
1325–75; (v.) ME resorten < OF resortir, equiv. to re- re- + sortir to go out, leave, escape, perh. ult. < L sortīrī to draw lots, though sense development unclear; (n.) ME < OF ressort, deriv. of ressortir
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| re·sort (rĭ-zôrt') intr.v. re·sort·ed, re·sort·ing, re·sorts
[Middle English resorten, to return, from Old French resortir, to go out again : re-, re- + sortir, to go out.] Synonyms: These verbs mean to repair to or fall back on someone or something in time of need: resorted to corporal punishment; apply to a bank for a loan; goes to her friends for comfort; referred to his notes to refresh his memory; turns to his parents for support. See Also Synonyms at makeshift. |
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Resort
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.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. 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
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.
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Language Translation for : resort
Spanish:
recurrir (a),
German:
Zuflucht nehmen zu,
Japanese:
(～に)訴える
resort (n.)
c.1374, "that to which one has recourse for aid or assistance," from O.Fr. resort "resource, help," back-formation from resortir "to resort," lit. "to go out again," from re- "again" + sortir "go out" (see sortie). Meaning "place people go for recreation" is first recorded 1754. The verb is recorded from c.1460. Phrase in the last resort (1672) translates Fr. en dernier ressort, originally of legal appeals.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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resort
see last resort.
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