Definition of resort

• n. - Active power or movement; spring.
• v. i. - To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
• v. i. - To fall back; to revert.
• v. i. - To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
• v. - 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.
• v. - A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
• v. - That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.