resort 
8t. Spring; active power or movement. [A 
Gallicism.] 
Certainly some there are that know the resort* and falls 
of business, that cannot sink into the main of it. 
Bacon, Cunning (ed. 1887). 
If you can enter more deeply than they have done Into 
the causes and retorts of that which moves pleasure in a 
reader, the field is open, you may be heard. 
Dryden, State of Innocence, Pref. 
Last resort, the last resource or refuge ; ultimate means 
of relief ; also, final tribunal ; a court from which there 
is no appeal. Also, as French, dernier ressort. 
Mercy, fled to as the last resort. 
Cowper, Hope, 1. 378. 
= Syn. 2. Resource, Contrivance, etc. See expedient, n. 
resort 2 (re-sorf), f. t. [< re- + sort.'] To sort 
over again. Also written distinctively re-sort. 
resorter (re-zor'ter), n. One who resorts, in 
any sense of that word. 
'Tis the better for you that your reporters stand upon 
sound legs. Shale., Pericles, iv. 6. 27. 
resount. r. A Middle English form of resound*-. 
resound 1 (rf-zound'), v. [With excrescent d, as 
in sound 5 , expound, etc. ; < ME. resounen, < OF. 
resoncr, resonner, ressonner, F. resonner, dial. 
ressouiier, ressonner = Sp. resonar = Pg. resonar, 
resoar = It. risonare, < L. resonare, sound or ring 
again, resound, echo, < re-, again, + sonare, 
sound: see sound 5 . Cf. resonant.'} I. intrans. 
1. To sound back; ring: echo; reverberate; be 
filled with sound; sound by sympathetic vibra- 
tion. 
Swich sorwe he inaketh that the grete tour 
Resouneth of his yonling and clamour. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 420. 
He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep 
Of hell resounded. Milton, P. L., L 315. 
The robin, the thrush, and a thousand other wanton 
songsters make the woods to retound with amorous ditties. 
Irviny, Knickerbocker, p. 147. 
The pavement stones resound, 
As he totters o'er the ground 
With his cane. 
O. W. Holtnes, The Last Leaf. 
2. To sound loudly ; give forth a loud sound. 
His arms resounded as the boaster fell. 
Pope, Iliad, xiil. 470. 
The din of War resounds throughout more than seven 
hundred years of Roman history, with only two short lulls 
of repose. Sumner, Orations, I. 97. 
3. To be echoed ; be sent back, as sound. 
Common fame . . . resounds back to them. South. 
4. To be much mentioned; be famed. 
What resounds 
In fable or romance of Uther's son. 
Milton, P. L., i. 579. 
Milton, a name to resound for ages. 
Tennyson, Experiments, In Quantity. 
II. trans. 1. To sound again; send back 
sound; echo. 
And Albion's cliffs rewound the rural lay. 
Pope, Spring, 1. 6. 
2. To sound ; praise or celebrate with the voice 
or the sound of instruments ; extol with sounds ; 
spread the fame of. 
With her shrill trumpet never dying Fame 
Vnto the world shall still resound his name. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 130. 
Orpheus, ... by loudly chanting and resounding the 
praises of the gods, confounded the voices. 
Bacon, Moral Fables, vl., Expl. 
The man for wisdom's various arts renown'd, 
Long exercis'd in woes, O muse, resound. 
Fenton, in Pope's Odyssey, i. 2. 
= Syn. 1. To reecho, reverberate. 
resound 1 (re-zound'),i. l<resoudl,i:] Return 
of sound; echo. 
His huge trunke sounded, and his armes did eccho the 
resound. Chapman, Iliad, v. 
Virtuous actions have their own trumpets, and, without 
any noise from thyself, will have their resound abroad 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., i. 34. 
resound 2 (re-sound'), r. [< re- + sound 5 .] I. 
trans. To sound again or repeatedly: as, to re- 
sound a note or a syllable. 
And these words in their next prayer they repeat, re- 
sounding that last word One by the half e or the whole hour 
together, looking vp to Heauen. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 187. 
II. intrans. To souud again : as, the trumpet 
sounded and resounded. 
Upon the resounding of the Eccho there seemed three 
to sound together. Coryat, Crudities, I. 86, sig. D. 
resqunder (re-zoun'der), n. One who or that 
which resounds ; specifically, a monotelephone. 
resource (re-sors'), n. [< OF. resource, res- 
sourse, ressource, F. ressource, dial, resorse (= 
It. risorsa), a source, spring, < OF. resourdre 
(pp. resours, fern, resourse), < L. resurgere, rise 
again, spring up anew: see resourd, resurgent, 
and of. source.'] 1. Any source of aid or sup- 
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port ; an expedient to which one may resort ; 
means yet untried ; resort. 
Pallas, who, with disdain and grief, had view'd 
His foes pursuing, and his friends pursued, 
I'sed threatenings mix'd with prayers, his last resource. 
Dryden, .-Knciil. x. 512. 
When women engage in any art or trade, it is usually as 
a resource, not as a primary object Emerson, Woman. 
2. pi. Pecuniary means ; funds; money or any 
property that can be converted into supplies ; 
means of raising money or supplies. 
Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for 
every country which is connected, but not incorporated, 
with another country of greater resources. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., i. 
3. pi. Available means or capabilities of any 
kind. 
He always had the full command of all the resources of 
one of the most fertile minds that ever existed. 
Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
He was a man of infinite resources, gained in his barrack 
experience. Mrs. Gaskell, Cranford, li. 
= Syn. 1. Resort, etc. See expedient. 
resourceful (re-sors'ful), a. [< resource + -ful.] 
1. Abounding in resources. 
The Justness of his gradations, and the resourceful va- 
riety of his touch, are equally to be admired. 
The Academy, No. 892, p. 402. 
2. Good at devising expedients ; shifty. 
She was cheerful and resourceful when any difficulty 
arose. A. Helps, Caslmlr Maremma, xxxiii. 
resourcefulness (re-sors'ful-nes), n. The state 
or character of being resourceful. 
Here [In the Far West], If anywhere, settlers may com- 
bine the practical resourcefulness of the savage with the 
intellectual activity of the dweller in cities. 
Quarterly Ret., CXXVI. 388. 
resourceless (re-sors'les), a. [< resource + 
-less.] Destitute of resources. 
Mungo Park, resourceless, had sunk down to die under 
the Negro Village-Tree, a horrible White object In the eyes 
of all. Carlyle, Past and Present, 111. 13. 
resourdt, r. i. [ME. re/tourden, < OF. resourdre, 
rise up, spring up, < L. resurgere, rise again: 
see resurgent. Cf. 
rise anew. 
resource.] To spring up; 
Frowhens that the deth grew, f rothens the lyf resourded. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.X p. 161. 
resow (re-so'), i: t. [< re- + sow*,] To sow 
again. 
To resow summer corn. Bacon. 
resownt, *' A Middle English form of resound^. 
resp (resp), v. t. Same as risp. 
respet, n. An obsolete form of rasp 2 . 
respeak (re-spek'), v. t. [< re- + speak.] I. 
To answer; speak in return ; reply. [Rare.] 
And the king's rouse the heav'n shall limit again, 
Re-speaking earthly thunder. Shak., Hamlet, 1. 2. 128. 
2. To speak again ; repeat. 
respect (re-spekt'), v. t. [= OF. respecter, look 
back, respect, delay (also respiter, delay: see 
respite), F. respecter = Sp. respetar, respectar = 
Pg. respeitar = It. rispettare, < L. respectare, 
look back or behind, look intently, regard, re- 
spect, freq. of respicere, pp. respectus, look at, 
look back upon, respect, < re-, back, + specere, 
look at, see, spy: see spectacle, spy. Doublet of 
respite, r.] If. To look toward; front upon or 
in the direction of. 
Falladius adviseth the front of his house should so re- 
spect the south. Sir T. Broume. 
2f. To postpone; respite. 
As touching the musters of all the soldiours upon the 
shore, we have respected the same tyll this tyme for lacke 
of money. State Papers, I 832. (Halliwell.) 
3. To notice with especial attention ; regard 
as worthy of particular notice ; regard ; heed ; 
consider; care for; have regard to in design or 
purpose. 
Small difficulties, when exceeding great good is to ensue, 
... are not at all to be respected. Hooker. 
But thou, blessed soul ! dost haply not respect 
These tears we shed, though full of loving pure effect. 
L. Bryslcett (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 271). 
I am armed so strong in honesty 
That they pass by me as the idle wind, 
Which I respect not. Shot., J. C., iv. 3. 69. 
He that respects to get must relish all commodities 
alike. B. Jonson, Poetaster, ii. 1. 
4. To have reference or regard to ; relate to. 
The knowledge which respecteth the faculties of the mind 
of man is of two kinds. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 206. 
I too am a degenerate Oshaldistone, so far as respects 
the circulation of the bottle. Scott, Rob Roy, x. 
5. To hold in esteem, regard, or consideration ; 
regard with some degree of reverence: as, to 
respect womanhood; hence, to refrain from in- 
terference with : as, to respect one's privacy. 
respect 
Well, well, my lords, respect him; 
Take him, and use him well, he 's worthy of it. 
Shalt., Hen. VIII., v. 3. 153. 
In the excursions which they make for pleasure they 
[the English] are commonly respected by the Arabs, Cur- 
deens, and Turcomen, there being very few instances of 
their having been plundered by them. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 152. 
To such I render more than mere respect 
Whose actions say that they respect themselves. 
Camper, Task, II. 877. 
How could they hope that others would respect laws 
which they had themselves Insulted? 
Macaulay, Conversation between Cowley and Milton. 
What I look upon as essential to their full utility is 
that those who enter into such combinations [trades- 
unions] shall fully and absolutely respect the liberty of 
those who do not wish to enter them. 
Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 274. 
To respect a person or persons, also to respect the 
person of (some one), to show undue bias toward or 
against a person, etc. ; suffer the opinion or judgment to 
be influenced or biased by a regard to the outward circum- 
stances of a person, to the prejudice of right and equity. 
Thou Shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour 
the person of the mighty. Lev. xlx. 15. 
Neither doth God respect any person. 2 Sam. xiv. 14. 
A Solomon saith, to respect persons Is not good, for such 
a man will transgress for a piece of bread. Bacon. 
=Syn. 6. To honor, revere, venerate. See esteem, n. 
respect (re-spekf), n. [= G. respect = D. Sw. 
Dan. respekt, < OF. respect, also respit (see res- 
pite), F. respect = Pr. respieg, respiech, respieit, 
respeit = Cat. respecte = Sp. respecto = Pg. re- 
speito = It. rispetto, < L. respectus, a looking at, 
respect, regard, < respicere, pp. respectus, Took 
at, look back upon : see respect, v. Doublet of 
respite, n.] 1. The act of looking at or regard- 
ing, or noticing with attention; regard; atten- 
tion. 
This malstyr slttlth In the halle, next unto these Henx- 
men, at the same boarde, to have his respecte unto theyre 
demeanynges, howe manerly they ete and drinke. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 11. 
In writing this booke, I haue had earnest respecte to 
three speciall polntes. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 23. 
But he It well did ward with wise respect, 
And twixt him and the blow his shield did cast. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. xii. 21. 
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes 
shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Isa. xvii. 7. 
You have too much respect upon the world ; 
They lose it that do buy it with much care. 
Shak., M. of V., i. 1. 74. 
Hee sought a heav'nly reward which could make him 
happy, and never hurt him, and to such a reward every 
good man may have a respect. 
Maton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
2f. Deliberation; reflection; consideration. 
Thou wouldst have plunged thyself 
In general riot ; . . . and never learn'd 
The icy precepts of respect, but follow'd 
The sugar'd game before thee. 
Shak., T. of A., Iv. 8. 258. 
Then is no child nor father ; then eternity 
Frees all from any temporal respect. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, Iv. 6. 
3f. Circumspect behavior or deportment; de- 
cency. 
If I do not put on a sober habit, 
Talk with respect, and swear but now and then. 
Shale., M. of V., it 2. 200. 
4. The feeling of esteem, regard, or considera- 
tion excited by the contemplation of personal 
worth, dignity, or power ; also, a similar feel- 
ing excited by corresponding attributes in 
things. 
Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time In you? 
Shak., T. N., ii. S. 98. 
The natural effect 
Of love by absence chill'd into respect. 
Cowper, Tirocinium, 1. 576. 
A decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires 
that they should declare the causes which impel them to 
the separation. Declaration of Independence. 
Milton's respect for himself and for his own mind and 
its movements rises wellnigh to veneration. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 288. 
5. Courteous or considerate treatment; that 
which is due, as to personal worth or power. 
According to his virtue let us use him, 
With all respect and rites of burial. 
Shak., 1. C., v. 5. 77. 
6. pi. Expression or sign of esteem, deference, 
or compliment : as, to pay one's respects to the 
governor ; please give him my respects. 
Up comes one of Marsault's companions . . . into my 
chamber, with three others at his heeles, who by their re- 
spects and distance seemed to be hia servants. 
History of Francion (1655). ( If ares, ) 
He had no doubt they said among themselves, " She is 
an excellent and beautiful girl, and deserving all respect"; 
and respect they accorded, but their respects they never 
came to pay. G. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 89. 
7. Good will ; favor. 
