noun active power or movement; spring.
2. resort ·vi to fall back; to revert.
3. resort ·v that to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
4. resort ·vi to go; to repair; to betake one's self.
5. resort ·v a place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
6. resort ·vi to have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
7. resort ·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.