Crossword clues for resorting
resorting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Resort \Re*sort"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resorting.] [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.]
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To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
What men name resort to him?
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To fall back; to revert. [Obs.]
The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors.
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To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.
--Clarendon.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of resort English)
Usage examples of "resorting".
I would say further that I am satisfied that you understand your business, and would advise anybody suffering from any chronic disease to avail themselves of your skill in preference to resorting to any other source known to me.
Nixon is mad enough to run the risk of paralyzing both the Congress and the people by resorting to such drastic measures.
On August 24, President Roosevelt sent urgent messages to Hitler and the President of Poland pressing them to settle their differences without resorting to arms.
America into the war than by resorting again to a course of action which drove America into the ranks of our enemies once before in the World War and, incidentally, did not in the least impede the war industries of the United States.
Avarice presently treated this with ridicule, called it a distinction without a difference, and absolutely insisted that when once all pretensions of honour and virtue were given up in any one instance, that there was no precedent for resorting to them upon a second occasion.
Russians were resorting to their classic tactic of trading space for time, the fact was we were capturing Russians in the tens of thousands, instead of the hundreds of thousands.