See Also: resort(2)(dictionary)
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resort(1)(dictionary)
RESORT(law)
Chaweng Resort(tourism)
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Sea Gate Resort(tourism)

resort(2) (iou)



resort verb. LME.
[Old French resortir (mod. ressortir), from re- RE- + sortir go out.]
verb intrans. Issue or emerge again. rare. LME-L15.
verb intrans. Return or revert to a former condition, habit, subject, etc.; return to a place. LME-M18.
verb intrans. Direct one's attention to a subject. LME-L16.
verb intrans. Go to a person for help; refer or turn to a book, author, etc., for information or guidance. obsolete exc. as passing into sense b. LME.
b. Have recourse to something for aid, assistance, or as the means to an end. M17.
T. Roethke A..boy who..resorts to alcohol for peace of mind.
verb intrans. Make one's way, come to a person. Formerly also, go to a person habitually. LME.
W. S. Churchill Many officers..resorted to him and loudly expressed their resentment.
verb intrans. Go regularly or frequently to a place. LME.
J. T. Fowler A cave..whither Irish pilgrims still resort.
verb intrans. Proceed to or towards a place; go in response to a summons. LME.
F. L. Olmsted He resorted to Italy.
b. Of blood: flow to a part of the body. M16-E17.
verb intrans. Stay in a place; have one's abode. LME-L18.
verb trans. Frequent (a place). LME-M18.
resorter noun (a) a person who resorts to a place or person; a holiday-maker, a visitor; (b) US a person running a business in a holiday resort: M16.