“resorted” is a form of
resort
UK /ɹɪˈzɔːt/ · US /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/ noun, verb
Forms resorts resorting resorted
- noun A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
- noun Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety). “to have resort to violence”
- noun (obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
- noun (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
- verb (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- verb (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
- verb (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
- noun (obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.
Synonyms
playground resort hotel holiday resort haunt hangout repair stamping ground recourse refuge fall back recur
Etymology
From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).
From French ressort.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.]
- verb To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
- verb To fall back; to revert. [Obs.]
- noun 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.
Etymology [F. ressort.]
Etymology [OF. resortir to withdraw, take refuge, F. ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, LL. resortire; pref. re- re- + L. sortiri to draw lots, obtain by lot, from sors lot. See Sort. The meaning is first to reobtain (by lot), then to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term), to appeal, go for protection or refuge.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “resort”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details