resortn.
/rᵻˈzɔːt/, U.S. /rəˈzɔrt/, /riˈzɔrt/ 1. † c. With †of. Means or way of escape. Obsolete. rare.
a. Something to which a person has recourse; an expedient, a measure. In early use also as a mass noun. Cf. last resort n.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [noun] > that to which one has recourse
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a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 134 In trowþe alwey to don yow my seruyse, As to my lady right and chief resort.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 1233 (MED) For chef resort, sothly, of hir herte Was vp-on hym euery houre to aduerte.
1433 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1433 §33. m. 9 He ne kan, nor of reason aght, other resort have for salvation of his..enheritance, but unto your rightwise protection and defense.
a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 299 (MED) Thus my enmye mortale..Me wyl consownd [read confownd]..And of al resort Of joy and comfort, Desolate me make.
1679 R. L'Estrange Case put, Succession Duke of York 7 The Intrigues of Parties and Factions; or the secret Ressorts of State.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 43 Nor..do we offer this as a new Resort whereto this Report..may be thought to have driven us.
1712 R. Theed Sacred Biogr. 101 Carnal Weapons and Defensatives are the usual Resort of giddy Mortals.
1749 W. Dodwell Pract. Disc. II. xi. 450 Legal Remedies were still in Case of Impenitence to be the final Resort.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 247 A long experience..gave him a knowledge of the expedients and resorts in times of hazard, which was remarkable.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 196 A fit one [sc. sledge] was not to be found, and a carriage was therefore the only resort.
1912 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 15 551 The deposit contributors..will tend to drop out of benefit, and their final resort will be the Poor Law.
1974 Times 4 Mar. 18/3 The chief resort is almost certain to be expensive overdrafts.
1991 M. Lapidge in M. Godden & M. Lapidge Cambr. Compan. Old Eng. Lit. (2006) xiv. 244 Simple theft..was a frequent resort of those seeking to acquire relics.
b. Recourse to (also †unto) a person or thing for aid, assistance, or the attainment of some end; (also) an instance of this. Also from a previous state or condition.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [noun]
recourse?c1425
resort?a1439
recurrence1697
resource1720
resorting1778
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. 4567 (MED) Mak thi resort to Cristes passioun, Which may be merci redresse thyn erryng.
1474–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 3rd Roll §7. m. 31 The same persones..to be deputed to receyve the same sommes..to have resort unto the collectours of the same .x.th part.
1513 Earl of Worcester et al. Let. 19 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. i. 5 (modernized text) This town..and all the bayliage should have no resort..but to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 301 Suche as haue come out of Thracia, hauing had resorte vnto vs.
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxi. 1 Paraphr.) 308 O Gratious God, to thee is my only resort.
1668–9 E. Stillingfleet Serm. (1673) I. vii. 123 For the design that was laid for that,..we must have resort to the account that is given of it.
1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 73 The constant resort which is had unto them..is not without its expence.
1764 Let. conc. Libels, Warrants, & Seizure of Papers (ed. 2) 8 This politico legal game was had resort to, because there was no evidence to convict.
1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 547 For the true idea of seisin, resort must be had to the ancient system of feudal tenures.
1884 Manch. Examiner 19 June 5/1 It will be impossible to close the Committee to-night without resort to a sitting of unusual length.
1892 W. Whitman Prose Wks. (1963) I. 249 [The soul] finds no escape, no resort from the general doom.
1908 W. Pierce Hist. Introd. Marprelate Tracts i. 17 The London reforming clergy..had resort to the powerful aid of the press.
1938 F. D. Roosevelt Let. 26 Sept. in Jrnl. Mod. Hist. (1960) 32 353/1 The world may thereby escape the madness of a new resort to war.
1973 Times 27 Jan. 7/3 Chelsea can regain some goodwill by attempting to outplay West Ham..without resort to roughhouse rudeness.
2003 New Yorker 5 May 47/1 Hitchcock's frequent resort to what he called ‘the perplexed gaze’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape
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a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 153 (MED) Aftyr all this glorie, hym befell the fowle dethe; al men hit haue in mynde, Of that there is noone resorte.
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society > authority > [noun] > decisive authority
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resort1414
arbitramenta1533
voice1835
say1838
say-so1865
1414 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 58/1 The chieftie, resert, and principalite of the same Lordshipe and Tounshipe, shal retourne to the Kyng.
c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 22 To holde frely in souvereinte and resort of none creature but of God.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 257 His eldest son, shulde renounce all maner of soueraynte, resorte, and rightes, that he shulde haue of any of theym.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxixv Their kynges & princes discharged of all resort, superioritie, and souereigntie.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. P5v Perigort and Quenou..were..discharged of all Resort and Homage to the Crown of France.
1675 W. Dugdale Baronage Eng. I. 194 [Richard II] granted him the Land and Dominion of Ireland..; excepting to the King the Homages, Resort, and Superiority.
1708 Hist. Imperial & Royal Families iv. ii. ix. 129 Acknowledging the Resort and Jurisdiction of the Parliament of Paris.
1776 G. Ridpath & P. Ridpath Border-Hist. Eng. & Scotl. v. 351 The hazard of a foreign power founding a claim of superiority and resort.
a. A journey, a trip; access to a person or place. Obsolete.In quot. ?a1439: a return.
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society > travel > [noun] > resorting or repairing to a place
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resortc1425
resorting?a1439
repairing1632
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society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun]
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revertence?1457
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reverter1663
epistrophe1814
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 7105 (MED) I..no lenger dwelle, Her aventures of þe se to telle, In þer resort home to her contre.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. 941 (MED) The Persiens..Wer be Galerius..put to fliht; The feeld was his..In his resort resceyued..In gret noblesse because of that viage.
?1449 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 156/1 To forbere her resorte or comyng into this Lond Hit is also ordeined, [etc.].
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 242 And out of Rome hes baneist Chastity, Quha with our Prelats can get na resort.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Regressio, & Regressus,..a returne backe, a resorte backe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 129 Ioyne with me to forbid him her resort, My selfe haue spoke in vaine. View more context for this quotation
1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath ii. 18 Calvin..makes this the speciall cause of Saint Pauls resort unto the places of assembly.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 367 Nor from the Heav'n of Heav'ns Hath he excluded my resort sometimes. View more context for this quotation
b. With to, into. Access to a place. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > coming into the presence of or contact with > power or opportunity of
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aggress1475
resortc1500
approach1569
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 68 (MED) The deere shall haue no resort..to no maner shade.
1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 618 in Wks. (1931) I Dissimilance..In to that court sall neuer get resorte.
4.
a. The action or fact of travelling to or visiting a place or person, esp. on a habitual basis; (also) an instance of this. Frequently in to make (also have) resort. Now rare.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)]
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to make (also have) resortc1425
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society > travel > [noun] > visiting a place
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [noun]
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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 3784 (MED) Venus temple..haboundeþ with ful gret riches..Of men and women þat han her resort To þat place.
1473–4 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 2nd Roll §2. m. 24 The same marchauntes have be encoraged to make and contynue their resort unto this his lande.
1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 353 Intending thair to mak thair resort and residence.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. i. 133/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Great resort also was made vnto them from all places of the realme.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xi. 723 To th' Altars of the Gods they made diuine resorts.
1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 331 Their [sc. the Papists'] free resort to London and to the Court to comunicate their Councils and designs.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 137 All which serve only to denote the resort which the Romans had to this place.
1787 J. Hawkins & J. Richardson Polit. Miscellanies Pt. the 1st 12 To St. James's Court, Nor gods nor angels often make resort.
?1792 J. Baker Picturesque Guide to Local Beauties of Wales I. 165 There is latterly some resort here by strangers for sea bathing.
1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair iii. vii. 156 From far and near Thousands and thousands make resort to him.
1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. June 634/1 There was no resort of natives to that place.
1923 C. M. Doughty Mansoul (rev. ed.) vi. 235 There great resort was; ebb and flow of spirits, From all Worlds Coasts.
1960 Times 2 Sept. 6/1 Bookmakers will require..betting office licenses if they intend to operate from premises to which the public make resort.
b. With of (the person or people resorting). Now rare.
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a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1045 Sir Launcelot had many resortis of ladyes and damesels which dayly resorted unto hym to be their champion.
1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 12 Those townes..where there is moste resorte and repaire of people.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. f. 33v Resort of people doth my greefs augment.
1630 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1636) i. ii. 58 In which are many languages spoken, by reason of the resort of abundance of merchants.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) 139 By frequent resort of the French, who to the number of some thousands came over.
1766 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 485 Where was a great resort of French company.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. iii. i. 491 He patronized learning, and encouraged the resort of learned men.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. viii. 543 An unrestrained and unregulated resort of persons to India for religious purposes.
1914 R. G. Usher Rise Amer. People iv. 32 The Revolution itself only stimulated the resort of people thither.
1942 J. Day Econ. Hist. Athens under Rom. Dominion iii. 106 There began a trend which was to grow in importance, the resort of foreigners to the Athenian ephebia.
c. A place much frequented or visited, more recently esp. for holidays, recreation, or because of a specific feature.health, holiday, seaside, ski, tourist resort, etc.: see the first element.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun]
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place (also house) of repairc1595
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1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xiv. 501 The Christians euerywhere, in their common resortes, and in the open market places published, and Proclaimed the Uictorie, and Triumphe of the Crosse.
1633 A. Munday et al. Stow's Surv. of London (new ed.) 927 A resort or meeting place of Rogues and Women of ill conversation.
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 145 To know the Haunts and Resorts of Fish, in which they are to be usually found.
1754 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 140 This intellectual cloud, which hangs, like a fog, over every gay resort of our moral invalids.
1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 458 Chiefly the woods were her fav'rite resort.
1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) i. i. 18 Wherever these springs are to be found, there..must always have been the resort of wanderers in the Desert.
1883 Harper's Mag. Sept. 521/1 The bustle of arrival and departure..[animates] the village in the way peculiar to American towns near a ‘resort’.
1910 C. G. Roe Panders & their White Slaves ix. 121 When the girls are procured and placed in vice resorts they cannot leave.
1953 H. Macmillan Diary 3 Feb. (2003) 211 The sea had burst through the sea defences..and flooded both these resorts and a good deal of agricultural land.
1986 P. Matthiessen Men's Lives (1988) iii. xii. 170 East Hampton..became very snobbish when it turned into a resort in the 1890s.
2007 First 1 Oct. 76/1 Once the heaving crowds of August have retreated, this fashionable resort in the south of France reverts to normal life.
a. With possessive adjective: those with whom a person associates; a company, a retinue. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun]
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c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 692 (MED) Let se bytyme þe meyntnance. Clepe in fyrst yowr resorte.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 6 As touchinge my residence and abidinge heere in Naples,..my resorte and company, [etc.].
1703 M. Prior Erasmus Imit. 9 Folly with her wild Resort Of Wit and Jest disturbs the solemn Court.
b.
(a) People forming a crowd or throng. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence > of numbers of people
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1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) vi. xvi. sig. l.viii Syre launcelot gate al his armour..and put hit vpon hym for drede of more resorte.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 53/1 The protectour had the resort, the king in maner dessolate.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 191v The Lorde Cobham (whose house you shall seeldome see without great resort).
1637 J. Milton Comus 14 Her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 464 Secure, I enter'd through the hostile Court, Glitt'ring with Steel, and crowded with Resort.
(b) A gathering of people; a crowd, a throng. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals
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a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) ix. 8 And when ye resort saw this yei marveild.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 9 The greate resorte to that..Edifice are of sundrie titles and degrees.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 370 Gaming-houses whither great resorts Were wont to come.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 55 For a long time the Portugals..drew a great resort hither.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. vii. 229 I daily frequented Markham's coffee-house, amidst a promiscuous resort of swords men, literati, beaux, and politicians.
1794 A. Thomas Newfoundland Jrnl. (1968) 81 After them came a wonderful resort of Fish call'd Squids.
1806 R. Cumberland Mem. 286 A great resort of men of talents now flocked around him.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea
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arm of the seaOE
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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 90 By this yle is a resorte [Fr. regort] of the see vnto an other litell yle.
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?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 495 in Shorter Poems (1967) 38 Proportionis fyne with sound celestiall Duplat, triplat, diatesseriall, Sesque altra, and decupla resortis Diapason of mony syndry sortis War songin.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) l. 516 in Shorter Poems (2003) 38 At thair resort baith heuyn and erd resoundit.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > spring
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1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. Thesaurarye sig. bv/2 (caption) S, A resorte, or springe because it [sc. forceps] might allwayes be aperte.
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cc. 51 Pathless destiny: Whose dark resorts since prudence cannot know. In vain it would provide for what shall be.
1677 J. Dryden Authors Apol. Heroique Poetry in State Innocence Pref. sig. b3 If you can enter more deeply..into the Causes and Resorts of that which moves pleasure in a Reader.
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 130 The hand..returned to its place with force, as if it had a resort or spring to force it to its proper place.
1692 M. Morgan Poem Late Victory Ded. p. iii They who are behind the Curtain, and play the Ressorts of the Machine, laugh at the Easiness of their Votaries.
1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. iv. 177 The Motion of the Hands, what Number of Resorts soever it is communicated by, is originally owing to something else that first moves within.
Phrases
P1. Law.
a.
court of resort n. a court of appeal.
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1513 Earl of Worcester et al. Let. 19 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. i. 6 (modernized text) As to his Court of Resorte,..if any Doctors of Civil Law, and Languaged, might be found in England, they would be most fit to serve his Grace there.
c1630 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1714) 167 The House in which it was kept, standing on decayed Pillars, by reason of a fuller Court of resort than ordinary appearing.
1797 J. Pinkerton Hist. Scotl. I. 379 Other special cases which demanded a speedy remedy, and could not be deferred till the meeting of a parliament, the last court of resort.
1836 G. P. R. James Hist. Life Edward Black Prince II. iii. 56 The nomination of a court of resort, in case those judges should refuse or neglect to exercise their functions.
1875 Times 5 June 13/3 The Lord Chief Baron said it was high time that the question should be settled in the authority of the highest Court of resort.
1998 M. A. Barnes Trag. & Triumph Phenix City, Alabama i. 17 Cheated, angered, and with no court of resort, the soldiers fought their way through situations they were destined to lose.
b. court of last resort: see court of last resort n. at last resort n. Phrases.
c.
court of first resort n. a court or tribunal to which appeal is initially made.
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1727 C. Tancred Ess. for Gen. Regulation of Law xv. 106 'Tis more expedient that such a Matter shou'd be..sent back to the Court of first Resort.
1835 London Lit. Gaz. 25 Apr. 267/1 The number of civil causes annually tried before the courts of first resort..is..24,000.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. ii. 308 Parliaments relinquished much of their wonted authority as a court of first resort.
1900 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 15 150 The Magistrat appealed to the Bezirksausschuss, which is the administrative court of first resort in such cases.
1945 H. A. Millis & R. E. Montgomery Organized Labor iii. 138 The War Labor Board should act..as well as a court of first resort in cases involving war production.
1998 G. A. Kennedy Compr. Rhetoric vi. 119 In the Babylonian period..the court of first resort was the local council of elders.
P2.
a. of (great, public, etc.) resort: (of a place) that is much frequented or visited.
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1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iii. sig. Lv Rostra.., which place of moste resorte in all the citie of Rome, was so called vpon this occasion.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xi. 45 b A towne of great resort [Fr. de grant apport] aswel from the firme land as the sea.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 93 But shall all our houses of resort in the Suburbs be puld downe? View more context for this quotation
1683 Britanniæ Speculum 104 Encouraging..to build Houses, Temples, and Places of Publick Resort.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 83. ⁋1 It is my frequent Practice to visit Places of Resort in this Town.
1725 Thomas in Portland Papers VI. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 113 There is a large colliery of great resort.
1785 Aerostatic Spy II. iv. 79 The informers often make as many thieves as they detect, who are nursed up..in such houses of resort as must pave the way to their destruction.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 214 The Five Mile Act had banished him..from almost all places of public resort.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. x. 76 Their seats of favorite resort, in the early part of the season.
1919 Times 22 Feb. 10/2 Those who are able to do so will diminish their chance of contracting the disease by keeping away from all places of public resort.
1952 J. R. Swanton Indian Tribes N. Amer. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 145) 586 The territory they occupied included Nass Inlet, which was a place of resort for tribes..during the eulochon season.
2002 Huntingdon Libr. Q. 65 199 With adequate funds they might easily have fallen into the course of maintaining a private place of resort for the chosen.
b. last resort: see last resort n., last-resort adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adverb]
withouten wantrukea1225
without missa1275
dreadlessc1369
doubtlessc1386
certainlya1400
sadly?a1425
questionlessc1425
undoubtablyc1425
doubtlesslyc1440
unsoilablyc1445
undoubtablec1450
undoubteda1500
undoubtedly?a1500
infallibly1502
indefeasibly1540
undubitately1548
indubitatelya1552
undoubting1552
undoubtingly1552
indoubtedly1563
indoubtly1606
unquestionably1611
questionlessly1612
indubitably1624
undoubtfully1628
uncontrollably1629
irrefragably1635
ungainsayably1637
inquestionablya1641
indubiously1642
unquestionedly1644
incontrollably1646
incontrovertibly1646
indisputably1646
acknowledgedly?1649
inexpugnably1653
uncontrovertablya1658
undubitably1660
inconfutably1664
uncontrollably1676
irrefutably1681
uncontestedly1699
undisputably1707
uncontestably1709
incontestablya1711
uncontrovertibly1755
undisputedly1778
(and) no mistake1818
unchallengeably1827
without resort1827
undeniedly1837
unappealably1840
indubitativelya1853
irrecusably1862
uncontradictably1862
inescapably1881
unarguably1888
sho1893
sure1894
posilutely1914
hands down1936
1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon II. iv. 85 The sovereign people..were..judges without resort.
Compounds
C1.
a. General attributive (chiefly U.S.). Designating a place stayed in, frequented, or used by holidaymakers. Cf. sense 4c.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately at Compounds 1b.
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1887 Beta Theta Pi Jan. 175 A report of Michigan alumni..records the forming of a stock-company to purchase some land and build a resort cottage.
1909 Rep. Lake Mohonk Conf. 100 Mr. Albert K. Smiley, the owner of a great resort estate at Mohonk lake.
1911 in G. French New Eng. 25 The towns in the vicinity of resort areas are likely to be given more consideration.
1928 Publishers' Weekly 3 Nov. 1868/1 The..delay involved when a package must change trains in a resort railroad station.
1936 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 25 July 1/1 The fashionable resort motel where the killing took place.
1958 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 14 Jan. (Evening ed.) b1/4 The resort motor hotel idea itself is a modern idea... It's the simple principle of having the rooms in a sort of circle facing a garden spot and swimming pool.
1971 Jamaican Weekly Gleaner 3 Nov. 3/1 A long debate on the merits or otherwise of licensing resort cottages.
1983 E. Leonard LaBrava ix. 85 He drove past the hospital thinking it was a resort motel.
2006 B. Gleeson Austral. Heartlands iv. 74 At the high end of the spectrum sits the resort estate committed to lifestyle.
b.
resort city n.
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1893 Weekly Gaz. (Colorado Springs) 6 July 5/5 Ours was a resort city.
1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant viii. 93 In every resort city there was always one major shop that catered to the reading requirements of a specific nationality.
2004 Spin June 86/1 Dizzee was set to perform in the Mediterranean resort city Ayia Napa.
resort community n.
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1895 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 16/2 This element of the resort-communities brings it about that one finds social functions, fox hunts and the like, in full blast here.
1945 Econ. Geogr. 21 202/1 Everything points to a modern resort community, a far cry from the isolated village of a short time ago.
2001 T. Corbett Making of Amer. Resorts 3 I experienced firsthand the need for a resort community to provide comfort and services to draw visitors.
resort destination n.
ΚΠ
1936 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 23 Feb. c7/4 It is near the States for those who want to make it their resort destination.
1999 J. Swarbrooke & S. Horner Consumer Behaviour in Tourism viii. xvii. 399 Las Vegas has become America's top resort destination, offering the visitor an unparalleled range of hotels, casinos and entertainments.
resort property n.
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1886 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. 2/3 [He] has purchased a controlling interest in..the Bay Ridge resort property.
1996 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 48/2 The Four Seasons corporation opened its first resort property—and still its only Caribbean one—on the island's Pinney's Beach.
resort town n.
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1883 W. G. Zeigler & B. S. Grosscup Heart of Alleghanies 348 As in all resort towns, private boarding houses are numerous.
1972 D. E. Westlake Cops & Robbers (1973) xvi. 243 You could always tell a resort town, it ran much heavier to neon.
2004 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Apr. (Weekend section) 20 Confidence is the keyword in the Mexican resort town of Cancun.
C2.
resort clothes n. clothes suitable for wearing at a holiday resort.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > holiday
roast meat apparelc1680
roast meat clothes1699
resort clothes1909
resort wear1930
1909 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 19 Sept. (Suppl.) 2/1 Many of her numerous admirers make a point to admire in conventional resort clothes when she goes in at the cove.
1974 Country Life 2 May 1097/2 Their Côte d'Azur collection of women's resort clothes.
1989 D. Kranes Keno Runner (1995) iii. 43 A fat man in expensive resort clothes bet stacks of black chips.
resort complex n. a holiday resort offering a variety of accommodation and leisure facilities at a single site.
ΚΠ
1957 Chicago Sunday Tribune 10 Nov. (Travel section) 3/2 The entire Diplomat resort complex, will have magnificent grounds, golf course, and a wide range of guest facilities.
2003 A. T. White & R. Rosales in S. Gössling Tourism & Devel. in Trop. Islands x. 244 The numerous small-scale resort complexes that develop without much area-wide or local planning.
resort course n. (a) an area at a resort set aside for a particular activity, (now esp.) a golf course; (b) a series of lessons offered at a resort.
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1900 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 3 July 12/5 A superiority over almost every other resort course in the country.
1940 Los Angeles Times 9 June ii. 12/7 At the resort course Philpot first received a trainer's license, bought a horse..—then advertised himself as a public trainer.
1972 N.Y. Mag. 21 Aug. 54/1 Too few of these facts are covered in the quickie resort courses, but they are taught in the basic..scuba sessions given at the city's accredited schools.
2001 P. Permenter & J. Bigley Adventure Guide Cayman Islands (ed. 2) 75 Want to give scuba diving a try without the expense and time of a certification course? Try a resort course.
2004 S. Shmanske Golfonomics iii. 63 There are professional caddies who make a living at certain high-end private courses and at some resort courses.
resort development n. the action or process of developing real estate for use by holidaymakers; a site developed in this way, a resort.
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1893 7th Ann. Rep. Bureau Industr. & Labor Statistics State Maine 93 Washington county's wonderful coast line enters upon a period of more complete resort development.
1976 W. W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers x. 258 From the burgeoning waterfront resort developments comes more raw waste.
1992 A. Fisher Day Trips in Delmarva xv. 218 60 percent of the island that was privately owned had been consigned irrevocably to resort development.
1997 Chicago Tribune 6 Apr. xviii. 14/1 In the early 1980s, a resort development took shape on Florida's panhandle, facing the Gulf of Mexico.
resort hotel n. a hotel for holidaymakers; a hotel in a holiday resort.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > hotel
hotel1687
hotel garni1744
lodgea1817
gasthof1832
temperance house1833
temperance hotel1837
railway hotel1839
palace hotel1844
parador1845
caravanserai1848
resort hotel1886
metropole1890
Ritz1900
trust house1902
apartment hotel1909
welfare hotel1915
motel1925
motor hotel1925
auto court1926
motor court1936
motor lodge1936
residential1940
botel1956
floatel1959
apartotel1965
motor inn1967
1886 J. Whitehead Cooking for Profit 178 A resort hotel in America may go through a season's business..yet never require a single ornamental dish beyond a turkey in jelly.
1919 E. Hough Sagebrusher 49 A few passengers from the resort hotel back in the town began to appear.
1991 V. Bugliosi Sea will Tell i. 17 They stay in glitzy resort hotels.
resort wear n. = resort clothes n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > holiday
roast meat apparelc1680
roast meat clothes1699
resort clothes1909
resort wear1930
1930 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 9 Jan. New resort wear is arriving daily.
1965 Punch 10 Mar. p. xvi/2 Harvey Nichols's spring collection, which includes Italian and French resort-wear, can be seen on Mar 15.
2006 N.Y. Mag. 21 Aug. 60/1 The cabana-style store..dishes up chic resortwear for men, women, and kids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
resortv.1
/rᵻˈzɔːt/, U.S. /rəˈzɔrt/, /riˈzɔrt/ I. Senses relating to recourse or referral.† 2. † 3.
1.
a. intransitive. To turn or make resort to (also †unto) a person for aid.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
resorta1325
recur1676
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xl. 103 Excepcio facti is wan aniþing is forthput in dede wareþoru eiþer partie descendez in contreie ant therafter ne mai noȝt resorti to none oþere.
1426 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1837) IV. 251 (MED) Þe seide Anne shall be at hir fredome to go and resorte to þe seide lorde with oute lettyng of þe seide sir Humfrey.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxvi. 84 Sche wolde Comen hire vnto that Ech of hem Other myhte Comforte and Ech In here Angwisch to Other Resorte.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxx. f. xii Brenne..lastly resorted with .xii. persones oonly accompanyed vnto the Duke.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxlii[i]. 9 Delyuer me (o Lorde) fro myne enemies, for I resorte vnto the.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 930/2 If we will profit in the holy scripture, let vs learne to resort to our Lord Iesus Christ.
1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 25 Not so much as giving notice to his people who they were to whom they must resort for justice.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. ii. 12 Jones, no more than Adam, had any Man to whom he might resort for Comfort or Assistance.
1795 W. Roscoe Life Lorenzo de' Medici II. viii. 170 Galeotto having resorted to Lorenzo for his mediation, a reconciliation took place.
1843 Missionary Herald (Boston) Feb. 64/1 Having such a reputation for sanctity and wisdom, the sick resort to him for healing.
1868 Trial Andrew Johnson I. 38 Relations between the said Stanton and the President no longer permitted the President to resort to him for advice.
1903 T. K. Cheyne & J. S. Black Encyclopædia Biblica IV. 4785/1 The exilic writer..advises her [sc. Babylon] in mockery to resort to her astrologers, if perchance they might save her from the impending catastrophe.
1950 Times 6 Sept. 8/1 He will be sadly missed..by those City journalists who were wont to resort to him for information and advice.
2002 C. Harper-Bill East Anglia's Hist. 33 St Edmund could..provide a secure refuge for those who resorted to him.
b. intransitive. To have recourse to something for aid, assistance, or as the means to an end; to adopt a course of action, esp. an extreme or undesirable one, in order to resolve a difficult situation.In quot. a1425 with infinitive clause.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] > specifically a course of action
runOE
goOE
drawc1275
to found to1352
resorta1425
tirvec1425
to fall on ——1634
to fall into ——1668
to fall back on1777
a1425 in M. Day Wheatley MS (1921) 71 (MED) In couenaunt-briche þou art vntrewe, And redy aȝeyn to resoort To folowe vicis and fle vertuwe.
1425 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §12. m. 2 He myght, by vertue of þis protestation, resort ayein to reformacion of his seid lord erl mareschall.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §61 A wise physician will consider whether a disease be incurable;..if he find it to be such, let him resort to palliation; and alleviate the symptom.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 90 The King thought it time to resort to other Counsels.
1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 14 Men should have other Helps to resort to, besides their own Strength and Reason.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 84 The Revolution which is resorted to for a title, on their system, wants a title itself. View more context for this quotation
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. ii. 67 The evidence to which the nature of the circumstances compelled the complainants..to resort.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. ix. 270 At length we resort to actual experiment.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 47 The Persian kings..resorted to mercenaries as their only salvation.
1912 G. B. Shaw in Eng. Rev. (1913) May 192 On many occasions I have resorted to prevarication; but on great occasions I have always told the truth.
1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. iii. 387 Union workers..resorted to violence and coercion.
1974 J. C. Ewers in J. Billard World of Amer. Indian 268 (caption) The Assiniboin, after devouring their horses and dogs, resorted to cannibalism.
2006 M. Pollan Omnivore's Dilemma xvi. 299 Ketosis [is] the process by which the body resorts to burning its own fat when starved of carbohydrates.
a. intransitive. Of good or bad fortune, an inheritance, etc.: to revert or fall to. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (intransitive)] > be allotted
resortc1425
to fall to one's share1567
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 5496 (MED) For falshede ay wil ageyn rebounde Where it roos first, to his original Resorte ageyn, riȝt as doth a bal.
a1475 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 186 (MED) Whan it falleth thei haue of me mastrie, Ageyn to me resorteth al the wrak.
1492 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 299 If hit so happe that Johanne my doughter fortune to deye..then I will that the 40 li before to her bequeithen resorte and turne to the use and profit of all my next children then living.
a1676 M. Hale Hist. Common Law (1713) vi. 122 The Rule of Descents in Normandy was..That the Descent of the Line of the Father shall not resort to that of the Mother.
b. intransitive. To revert to a former condition or habit; to return to oneself, good health, etc. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] > to former state or condition
to turn againc1325
returnc1405
resorta1438
revert?a1513
to pass and repass1548
refall1570
relapse1593
unhappen1805
react1841
involute1904
relax1934
reset1946
a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 161 (MED) Now I bydde þe þat þu resort a-geyn to flesch mete.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 63 Where any wood ys, he [sc. Eolus] shall make hyt pleyn, Yet he to hys lyberte may resorte ayeyn.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3553 When he past of his payne..And resort to hym selfe & his sight gate, He plainted full pitiously.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 238 All such persons as take pleasure to shew their limbes..should be inioyned either to go starke naked, or else to resort backe to the comely and modest fashion of their owne countrie apparell.
c1616 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. lxi He was long tyme afterward in dispare of his life, and shall now never resort to the bodyly strength and heale of his person that he was in before.
1799 E. Brailsford Exper. Diss. Nicotiana Tabacum ii. 23 My pulse was diminished considerably in regard to fulness, and when one hour and fifteen minutes had elapsed, it resorted to its former state.
1851 J. Saunders & J. C. Platt in C. Knight London V. cix. 141 The ceremony over, Henry speedily resorted to his old habits.
a. intransitive. To return to a subject or matter; to cast one's mind back. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back, retrospect [verb (intransitive)] > return to a topic
returnc1405
resortc1425
relent?c1500
recur1620
remountc1740
to tread back one's steps1777
hark back1829
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 920 (MED) Whiche to declare now I may not dwelle..For to Iason I wil resorte ageyn.
a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 142 It be houyth þat we nowe resorte to the poynte in wich we lafte.
1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes sig. Cvv Bvt to resorte to our purpose, how can it stand with reason [etc.]?
1654 G. Goddard in T. Burton Diary (1828) (modernized text) I. Introd. p. xlii Some would have resorted back again to the business of the Council, and put a full period to that.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 155 He was obliged to resort above a Year..back, to find any Object for this unaccountable Passion. View more context for this quotation
1828 Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1826 19 iii. i. 78/1 To resort to the subject of the repayment, by the emigrants, of part of the expense incurred.
b. intransitive. To turn or direct one's attention to a subject. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)]
lookeOE
reckOE
heedOE
turna1200
beseec1200
yeme?c1225
to care forc1230
hearkenc1230
tendc1330
tentc1330
hangc1340
rewarda1382
behold1382
convert1413
advertc1425
lotec1425
resortc1450
advertise1477
mark1526
regard1526
pass1548
anchor1557
eye1592
attend1678
mind1768
face1863
c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 308 Till I a brayde in purpoos to Resorte To hym that drough this processe moost devyne.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. ii Of Fraunce and other I myght lyke wyse reporte.., But To Englande if I shall resort, Ryght mysty storyes doughtfull and vnclere.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. ix. sig. B.vv This firste kinde of tribulacion haue you to my minde opened sufficiently, & therefore I pray you resort now to the second.
1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha ii. xix. 173 I will leaue them, and resorte to those other.
4. intransitive. To refer to (also †unto) a document, book, author, or similar source of information.In later use merging with sense 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > give advice [verb (intransitive)] > consult or take advice > refer to a document, etc.
resort1439
refer1574
1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 128 (MED) If ther be eny clause or matier in his olde will..to the wich it shall seme..necessary to resorte and to take remembraunce of..the saide executours haue full power..like as..it shall seme hem necessarie.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2168 (MED) When ye dowte bi taste to make reporte, Then to your other testymonyes resorte.
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxxv. sig. L ij v Now it behoueth you to resorte to your plattes, searching out as nigh as you can by estimation the middlemost place.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. vii. 40 If any would entertaine longer dispute about this, he may..resort vnto Geropius Becanus his Gigantomachia.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. v This gentleman, to whom I often resort, has only saved me so much labour.
1845 G. Bourne Condensed Anti-slavery Bible Argument x. 35 We are obliged to resort to the context to discover the real condition of Abraham's servants.
1893 G. Smith United States p. vii Exciting the curiosity of English readers and leading them to resort to the sources of ampler information mentioned in this list.
1920 C. C. J. Webb Divine Personality & Human Life iv. 96 Morris resorted to the Norse Eddas..Wagner to the Nibelungenleid.
1971 M. Levin Beginnings Jewish Philos. vi. 59 My intention is that not many may have need to resort to any other book on any point of Jewish law.
2004 G. Macdonald in tr. F. Baraga Short Hist. N. Amer. Indians Introd. 10 Throughout his career, Baraga would resort for guidance to the writings of Thomas à Kempis and other saints.
II. Senses relating to movement or travel.† 5. intransitive. To emerge, come out. Obsolete.† 6. † 9. intransitive. To stay, reside. Frequently with adverb or adverbial phrase. Obsolete.† 10. intransitive. To come, arrive. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > again
resort?a1425
reissue1786
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 98 Þat ryuere cometh towardes ynde vnder erthe & resorteth into [?a1425 Egerton commez vp in; Fr. resourt en] the lond of Altazar.
c1475 Life St. Anne (Trin. Cambr.) (1928) l. 553 She was predestinat..To be the worlds..chief comfort By hym that shuld out of hyr wombe resort.
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. x The stronge poynte of his darte folded and resorted agayn.
a. intransitive. To retreat, retire. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat
withdraw1297
recoilc1330
give place1382
arrear1399
to draw backa1400
resortc1425
adrawc1450
recedec1450
retraya1470
returna1470
rebut1481
wyke1481
umbedrawc1485
retreata1500
retract1535
retire1542
to give back1548
regress1552
to fall back?1567
peak1576
flinch1578
to fall offa1586
to draw off1602
to give ground1607
retrograde1613
to train off1796
to beat a retreat1861
to back off1938
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 7260 (MED) Achilles..with þe swerde..Made weie..Makyng his foon bakward to withdraw..maugre hem he made hem to resorte.
?a1450 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (McClean) (1911) 55 Þe rage of haboundant flode, whan hit haþe rawȝt his stordi wawes to þe hieste, sodeynely þer folwith an ebbe and makith hym resorte ageyne.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 391 (MED) Thei..smyten thourgh the peple of Kynge Bohors..and made hem resorte bakke [Fr. reculer] more than a bowe draught.
b. intransitive. To return (to a place, home). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)]
to wend againeOE
i-cherrec1000
again-chareOE
again-comeOE
again-fareOE
again-goOE
eft-sithec1175
to turn againc1175
returna1325
attournec1386
turnc1390
recovera1393
repair?c1400
recourse?a1425
to go backc1425
resortc1425
revertc1475
renew1488
retour?1505
to make return1534
to turn back1538
retend1543
to come short home1548
regress1552
rejourna1556
revolt1567
revolve1587
repeal1596
recur1612
rewend1616
revene1656
to get back1664
to take back1674
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 2988 (MED) Elenus..with a pale face Ageyn resorteth to his sittyng place.
a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 935 (MED) They..lefte hym ther and hom resort ageyn.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiv. 583 (MED) He gan to Resorte [Fr. s'entorna] to that bataylle..And with him..ladde he..An hundred Of his Men.
c1450 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1911) 26 174 (MED) Sum glad in hert and sum in heuy case, Eche creature resortyd to his place.
a1500 Who Carpys (Trin. Cambr. O.9.38) in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 27 When sche wolde noȝt to my glove resorte, Then plukkyd y of here bellys and let here fly.
a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 14 Go, litell quayre,..Home to resorte Jerobesethe perswade.
c. intransitive. With into. To retire or withdraw to a place. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > withdraw into
relyc1440
resort1471
recoil?1473
1471 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 279 (MED) When the Kentyschmen herd of that fraye, Like maysterles men away thay wente..Throw halkys and hegges resortid into Kent.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xvii. 13 But yf he resorte in to a cite, then shal all Israel cast roapes aboute the same cite.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxli They resort euery man with his family into his owne chamber.
7. † b. intransitive. Of blood, other humours, heat, etc.: to flow, esp. to some part of the body. Obsolete.† c. intransitive. With to. Of a stream: to flow into another stream. Obsolete. rare.
a. † (a) intransitive. Usually with to. To proceed or go to a place; to respond to a call or summons. Obsolete.† (c) intransitive. To go to do something. Obsolete.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)]
nimeOE
becomec885
teec888
goeOE
i-goc900
lithec900
wendeOE
i-farec950
yongc950
to wend one's streetOE
fare971
i-wende971
shakeOE
winda1000
meteOE
wendOE
strikec1175
seekc1200
wevec1200
drawa1225
stira1225
glidea1275
kenc1275
movec1275
teemc1275
tightc1275
till1297
chevec1300
strake13..
travelc1300
choosec1320
to choose one's gatea1325
journeyc1330
reachc1330
repairc1330
wisec1330
cairc1340
covera1375
dressa1375
passa1375
tenda1375
puta1382
proceedc1392
doa1400
fanda1400
haunta1400
snya1400
take?a1400
thrilla1400
trace?a1400
trinea1400
fangc1400
to make (also have) resortc1425
to make one's repair (to)c1425
resort1429
ayrec1440
havea1450
speer?c1450
rokec1475
wina1500
hent1508
persevere?1521
pursuec1540
rechec1540
yede1563
bing1567
march1568
to go one's ways1581
groyl1582
yode1587
sally1590
track1590
way1596
frame1609
trickle1629
recur1654
wag1684
fadge1694
haul1802
hike1809
to get around1849
riddle1856
bat1867
biff1923
truck1925
1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §59. m. 3 There..is..ladde..oute of your saide roiaume..grete quantite of wolle..into Flandres, Holland..noght resortyng to your saide staple as they oughten to doo.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lv. 46 (MED) Whanne that Iosephes to God past was, Aleyn Remevede from that plas..and his bretheren with hym gonnen Resort.
1496 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 167 Proclamacion to cause the maryners that hade takyn wages to Resorte to the Ship.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxix. 138 On a day for hys owne dysporte To the courte of Rome he gan to resporte [1554, 1555 resorte].
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 677 After this battaile the Northren men resorted towarde Warwike.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. vii. 33 Noah.., entered the Arke at Gods appointment, to which by Diuine instinct resorted both birds and beasts.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 81 The Sons of Light Hasted, resorting to the Summons high, And took thir Seats. View more context for this quotation
1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 45 The Victor God did to these Realms resort, And enter'd old Crotopus' humble Court.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 203 The number of females that, on this occasion, resort to his call, is uncertain.
a1859 D. Olmsted Mech. Heavens (1860) xxii. 241 At the age of twenty-five years, he resorted to Italy, for the purpose of studying astronomy, where he resided a number of years.
1894 H. B. Tristram Eastern Customs Bible Lands xi. 229 The wily plotter resorts to the place of judgment.
(b) intransitive. To go to (also unto) a person. Now rare.
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1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 3523 (MED) Geynys all þine enmyis þe to conforte, My sustrys & I shul to þe resorte.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 253 Than all the knyghtys of the Rounde Table resorted unto the kynge and made many joustys and turnementes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 688/2 I wyll resorte to hym to morowe for your cause.
c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 39 He approched our bote in the night, which our Captaine would in noe wyse permitt, but willed that they shoulde resorte unto him the next daie.
1629 in R. S. France Thieveley Lead Mines (1951) 2 Chargeinge and commanding the said Raffe Highley, William Butler..to resorte to the said Roger Kenyon for his direccions and orders.
1637 Prynne Papers (Camden) 67 The persons and dispositions of those that resorted to the said Prynne and Burton in their way to their said imprisonment.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxviii. 137 What, to Catullus alone if a wayward fancy resort not?
1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 54 On his arrival Stucley resorted to him to congratulate him.
1957 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples III. p. i Many officers of various ranks resorted to him and loudly expressed their resentment at the favour shown to the Dutch.
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1471 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 279 (MED) O that nobill prynce..To sitt at Londone resorte he than.
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Av v The straungers of honeste whiche of theyr curtesy resorteth for to vysyte the souerayne must be consydered.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. liiij Mo Bowres resorted to aide ye others.
1599 in J. Stuart Sel. Rec. Kirk Aberdeen (1846) 168 The citizence..ar haldin so occupeit..that thai can nocht guidlie resort to heir the doctrine of the exercise.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > circulate [verb (intransitive)] > types of circulation
blenda1400
braythec1400
resortc1450
reflue1545
c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) 1930 (MED) Wyn moost Reed..Take out of mesure doth not counforte, Corrupt humours causith to Resoorte To ech membir.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1833 (MED) Natural hete & blode doon resorte To theire herte.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xii. sig. Tv The quicke bloode somwhat resorted vnto his visage.
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Dviijv The blood resorted to an hole, Purple, and smoking new.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 414 This plaister being restrictiue, will force the humors to resort all downeward.
1663 J. Beale Let. 2 Nov. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 156 When the Teter is spread, & the humour resorts, & abounds, & the epidermis deepely pierced, This Medicine is too violent.
1847 Common School Jrnl. 9 235 The brain is exercised more actively than the limbs, and of course the blood resorts to the brain, as it does to any organ that is exercised.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)]
flowa1000
roil?c1400
resorta1552
rill1621
relate1653
put1670
toddle1773
vent1784
tail1889
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 85 Ther cam doun a Broke from West, resorting, as one saide, to Wilebek Streme.
8. † b. transitive. To frequent, visit (a place); to visit, seek out the company of (a person). Obsolete.† c. intransitive. To consort or associate with another or others. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. With to, unto, or adverb of direction.† (b) To visit a person frequently or habitually; to seek out the company of a person. Obsolete.
(a) To go to a place frequently or habitually.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > haunt or resort [verb (intransitive)]
floatc1315
haunta1375
repaira1393
resort1432
abraid?a1439
accustomc1475
use1488
frequent1577
howff1808
1432 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. May 1432 §42. m. 5 Charges to be..payed..of every shipp and boote resortyng thider.
1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 424 And that the Bakers lak no stuffe..at suche tymes as many straungers resortith to the towne.
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiv v At nyght before she wente to bedde she faylled not to resorte vnto her chappell.
1521 Earl of Surrey in J. S. Brewer & W. Bullen Cal. Carew MSS. (1867) I. 20 This is the very land of refuge that English pirates resort most unto.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. viii. 7 b They haue two market dayes.., to the which resort an infinite number of people.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxi. 3 Bee thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort . View more context for this quotation
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. 12 When Plato was in Egypt, the Iews resorted thither.
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 359 Hither our Nymphs and Heroes did resort, To taste awhile the Pleasures of a Court.
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vi. 29 The churches could not contain those that resorted to them.
1821 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 25 Aug. 4/5 Here men resort, at first, for pleasure.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 192 Head-waiter of the chop-house here, To which I most resort.
1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 33 A cave in an island..whither Irish pilgrims still resort.
1925 F. Pitt Wild Life Stud. 60 The kestrel..does not hunt in thick covert, but resorts to the treeless places after mice.
1957 G. Barker in W. Plomer Coming to London iv. 57 What is it that the young man is flying from or flying into when he resorts to public places?
1972 Times 19 May 17/6 The latter already has about eight official camp sites established and enough gypsies habitually resorting to the country to justify at least another.
2006 A. S. Benzaquén Encounters with Wild Children 3 A boy was captured..by nobles who used to resort there for hunting.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > frequently or habitually
resorta1470
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1045 Than..sir Launcelot began to resorte unto quene Gwenivere agayne.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxli[i]. 7 Which thinge yf thou wilt graunte me, then shal the rightuous resorte vnto my company.
1607 S. Rowlands Diogines Lanthorne 25 Crowes will to carrion still, Like euer vnto like resort, The bad embrace the ill.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 110 No man hath accesse by day to her. Val. Why then I would resort to her by night. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 48 To her that at the drinking bench challengeth loue, the Dutch resort.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > haunt [verb (transitive)]
hauntc1290
usea1382
resortc1450
enhaunt1530
practise1553
frequent1555
dog1600
habituate1872
c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 215 (MED) Syn so is y may not yow resort, This write y yow myn owen dere hertis blisse.
c1570 J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1830) 88 And fardir haiff denyeit save conduite..that ane servitor of ouris mycht have resertit [perh. read resortit] your presens.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iii. iii. sig. Civ Seeke him at Hobfylchers shop, for as charde it reported There is the best ale in al the towne, and now is most resorted.
1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden ii. ii A pallace of pleasure, and daily resorted and filled with Lords and Knights, and their Ladies.
1685 in H. Paton Rothesay Parish Rec. (1931) 60 M'Taylour whom Elspa Stewart gave up to be the father of her child was knowen to resort her.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 35 Our Thames..is tainted with..the scarce numerable ships and other vessels that resort her port.
1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 12 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 112 This animal was killed by a man who..informed us that they were abundant among the mountains and usually resorted the rocky parts.
1857 Celt 26 Dec. 350 She knew none of them she protested..nor anybody who resorted her place that night or that morning.
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society > society and the community > social relations > have social communication with [verb (transitive)]
intercommunec1374
dealc1380
usec1384
intercommonc1430
resort?1518
minglea1593
use1594
intercoursea1604
sociate1635
to keep termsa1673
shoulder1851
tangle1928
?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Cv Suche man as thou wylt be Endeuoyre thou thyselfe, with all thy dylygence With suche to resort.
1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 10 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 297 By a rever cokelby saw resort ane auld blind man with a pretty maid.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. i. 114 b They resorted with the elders and were no more subiect to goe vnto the warres.
1629 Stewartry Court Bk. Monteith 5 Nov. Convict..as ane commoun pyker and ane ydill vagabound hantand and resortand with thevis.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)]
wonc725
erdec893
siteOE
liveeOE
to make one's woningc960
through-wonOE
bigc1175
walkc1225
inwonea1300
lenda1300
lenga1300
lingera1300
erthec1300
stallc1315
lasta1325
lodge1362
habit?a1366
breeda1375
inhabitc1374
indwella1382
to have one's mansionc1385
to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400
keepc1400
repairc1400
to have (also hold, keep, make) one's residencec1405
to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425
winc1425
to make (one's) residence1433
resort1453
abidec1475
use1488
remaina1500
demur1523
to keep one's house1523
occupy1523
reside1523
enerdc1540
kennel1552
bower1596
to have (also hold, keep, make) residence1597
subsist1618
mansiona1638
tenant1650
fastena1657
hospitate1681
wont1692
stay1754
to hang out1811
home1832
habitate1866
1453–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Mar. 1453 §10. m. 25 We..graunte..another subsidie to be paied..of..all..merchauntz straungers..dwellyng, abydyng, repairyng or resortyng by the space of .vi. wokys withinne youre said realm.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viv If it be very ranke grounde,..where catel doth resort, plowe nat that lande tyll ye wyll sowe it.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 28 'Tis pitty that thou liu'st To walke where any honest men resort . View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 85 His Nauy which sometimes resort in the Leuante.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 10 I..believe that..the Habitation..belong to their Captain, and that the Company resorts in Caves up and down these Rocks.
1773 H. More Search after Happiness ii. 138 A court, Where pleasures, dress'd in every shape, resort.
1816 C. Lloyd Trav. at Home I. vi. ii. 128 All..are more hospitable than any people living, sharing cheerfully what they have..with all strangers that resort amongst them.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place
comeeOE
oncomeOE
to come upc1390
to come onc1450
to come forward1518
resort?1548
to come along1590
to step up1660
hither1856
?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Qqvii For whan I shall resorte, be certayne and sure of it, my iuste rewarde shall come with me.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. iii. sig. C.iiijv When wil our new master come... I would it were to morow; for till he resorte Our mistresse being a Widow hath small comforte.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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