Resort /(r?*z?rt")/

1. Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism]

   Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it.

imp. & p. p. Resorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resorting

1. To go; to repair; to betake one's self.

   What men name resort to him?

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

   The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors.

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.

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.

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

   Far from all resort of mirth.

3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.