Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-SORT', v.i. [s as z. Fr. ressortir; re and sortir, to go or come out.]

1. To have recourse; to apply; to betake. The king thought it time to resort to other counsels. – Clarendon.
2. To go; to repair. The people resort to him again. – Mark x. John xviii.
3. To fall back. The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother. [Obs.] – Hale.