resort

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To have recourse: The government resorted to censorship of the press.
2. v. To go customarily or frequently; repair.
3. n. A place frequented by people for relaxation or recreation: a ski resort.
4. n. A customary or frequent going or gathering: a popular place of resort.
5. n. The act of turning to for aid or relief; recourse: raised the money without resort to borrowing.
6. n. One turned to for aid or relief: I would ask him only as a last resort.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To fall back; return; revert.
2. To go; repair; go customarily or frequently.
3. To have recourse; apply; betake one's self: with to: as, to resort to force.
4. To visit; frequent.
5. n. The act of going to some person or thing or making application; a betaking one's self; recourse: as, a resort to other means of defense; a resort to subterfuges or evasion.
6. n. One who or that which is resorted to: as in the phrase last resort (see below).
7. n. An assembling; a going to or frequenting in numbers; confluence.
8. n. The act of visiting or frequenting one's society; company; intercourse.
9. n. A place frequented; a place commonly or habitually visited; a haunt.
10. n. In law, the authority or jurisdiction of a court.
11. n. Those who frequent a place; those who assemble.
12. n. Spring; active power or movement.
13. n. Synonyms Resource. Contrivance, etc. See expedient, n.
14. To sort over again. Also written distinctively re-sort.

Wiktionary

1. n. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
2. n. recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety)
3. v. To make one's way, go (to).
4. v. To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
5. v. to repeat a sorting process; sort again
6. n. an act of resorting

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A Gallicism, obsolete Active power or movement; spring.
2. v. To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
3. v. obsolete To fall back; to revert.
4. v. To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
5. n. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; ; -- often figuratively.
6. n. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
7. n. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a hotel located in a resort area
2. n. act of turning to for assistance
3. v. have recourse to
4. v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place
5. n. a frequently visited place
6. n. something or someone turned to for assistance or security