resort

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings,…

   A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

2. 2

   Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).

   • to have resort to violence
   • Ioyne with me to forbid him her reſort,
3. 3

   A place where one goes habitually

   A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.

   • Far from all reſort of mirth,
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   1. 4

      A subdivision of Suriname

      A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.

   2. 5

      To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.

      • The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.
      • He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table […]
      • Just beyond that station the first step is encountered and the rack resorted to, taking the line on a gradient of 1 in 9 over a steeply inclined bridge and through a spiral tunnel.
   3. 6

      To fall back

      To fall back; to revert.

      • But the Inheritance of the Son never reſorted to the Mother, or to any of her Anceſtors, but both ſhe and they were totally excluded from the Succeſſion.
      • I eschew the idea of plugging in my laptop to take notes and resort to old-fashioned pen and paper instead, so that I can enjoy more of the view and not be distracted by bashing a keyboard.
   4. 7

      To make one's way, go (to).

      • The same daye went Jesus out off the housse, and sat by the seesyde, and moch people resorted unto him, so gretly that he went and sat in a shyppe, and all the people stode on the shoore.
   5. 8

      Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless…

      Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)

   6. 9

      Alternative spelling of re-sort.

      • "If further sorting is required, begin anew with opcode = 0. opcode = -3 may be set to build an index file following an initial sort with opcode set to 0, or a resort with opcode set to -1.
   7. 10

      Active power or movement

      Active power or movement; spring.

      • Some […] know the resorts and falls of business that cannot sink into the main of it.

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