Middle English Dictionary Entry
resō̆rten v.
Entry Info
Forms | resō̆rten v. Also resort(e, rasorten; sg.3 resorteth, etc. & resort, (late) resorth; p. resorted(e, resort(e; ppl. resort(ed. |
Etymology | OF resorter & resortir; also cp. ML resortīri, -īre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To return, go back; of sickness, the Golden Age: recur, come again; ~ hom, return home; ben resorted, be come again; (b) ~ to (in-to, unto), to return to (sb., a place or position, one's seat, etc.); also fig.; (c) to retreat, withdraw; ~ bak, fall back, retire; ~ hom, retreat home; (d) fig. to return (to the Catholic faith, virtue, etc.); ben resorted to joie, be come to heavenly bliss; (e) to recall (sb. to one's presence), bring back.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3401 : I hope þe tyme fortunat, Of þe olde worlde called aureat, Resorte shal.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)935 : They..lefte hym ther and hom resort ageyn.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.5838 : Oon hell is dreedful..And who is onys boundyn in a cheyne And may escapen out off daunger blyue, Yiff he resorte, God let hym neuer thryue!
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.945 : Galerius..With newe triumphe resortid is ageyn.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)12.455 : Whanne this Tholomes Resorted [F fu revenus] Aȝen, And Alle his harneys dispoilled..His tentis and his pavylons to-broke..Ful mochel diseisse he took In herte.
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)leaf e viii/b : When he dowblith and turnyth agaynne, Then he resoorth, as goode hunteres saynne.
- a1500(1426) Lydg.Hen.VI TP (Hrl 7333)19 : My lord of Warrewyk..Resorted home..From the castell þat he had wonne.
- a1500(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(1))16357 : Thow, Lady, were notably ffyguryd afforn by the Arke of Noe In-to which was Receyved the Cely Dowe, whan he Resorted ageyn.
- a1605(c1422) Hoccl.Compl.(Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)88 : All-thowghe from hym his siknesse savage with-drawne and passyd as for a tyme be, Resorte it wole.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2988 : Elenus..with a pale face Ageyn resorteth to his sittyng place.
- a1425 St.Anthony (Roy 17.C.7)120/6 : Þe saule of Antony resorted agayne to þe body.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)325 : Mi benefices..ful lite mai me now comforte, Dethe hathe of me so grete avantage; Al my richesse mai me not disporte..thei wille aȝen resorte Vnto the worlde.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)32/28 : Hir husbond..sumtyme for veyn dred lete hir a-lone for a tyme, ȝet he resortyd euyr-mor a-geyn to hir.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)224/15 : He went many pilgrimagys to Rome & to many oþer holy placys..resortyng a-geyn to hys wife & hys childe as he was bowndyn to do.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)225/28 : Sche..vtteryd hir conseyte to hir eldmodyr..preying hir..leue þat sche myth resortyn to hir owyn cuntre.
- (1440) Paston2.22 : Qwan your leysyr is, resorte ageyn on-to your college.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)58 : Sone the sowre þat hym sewet resorte to his feris.
- c1450 ?Suffolk O ye louers (Frf 16)112 : Sum glad in hert and sum in heuy case, Eche creature resortyd to his place.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)7114 : The Charbouncle..doth enlwmyne..ffolk that gon out off her way..She maketh hem to resorte ageyn Vn-to the ryhte weye.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)9762 : The myghte, the vertu, ay resorte Off the body, in certeyn, Evere vn-to the sowle ageyn.
- a1500 In the lende (BodHrn 42)21 : Then wolle resorte in-to þat londe Þat were lorde þerof off olde.
- a1500 Who carpys (Trin-C O.9.38)p.27 : The sperhawke me semyth makys moste dysporte..Y reclaymyd on..As longe as sche wolde to me aply; When sche wolde noȝt to my glove resorte, Then plukkyd y of here bellys and let here fly.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6314 : Þei were wounded..And ouerleyn with Grekis outterly..hem behoveth hom ageyn resorte..And alle attonys gonne for to fle.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7260 : Achilles..with þe swerde..Made weie..Makyng his foon bakward to withdraw..maugre hem he made hem to resorte.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)55/20 : Þe rage of haboundant flode, whan hit haþe rawȝt his stordi wawes to þe hieste, sodeynely þer folwith an ebbe and makith hym resorte ageyne.
- (1471) Rec.Throne Edw.IV (Roy 17.D.15)p.279 : When the Kentyschmen herd of that fraye, Like maysterles men away thay wente..Throw halkys and hegges resortid into Kent.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)135 : They made all the turnement resorte [F resortir] bak to theire firste place.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)293 : The saisnes..resorted vpon the cariage that sewed after.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)391 : Thei..smyten thourgh the peple of Kynge Bohors..and made hem resorte bakke [F reculer] more than a bowe draught.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)653 : Thei spronge oute of the wode hem a-geins, and the romayns resorte a-noon right as thei saugh hem come.
d
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)86 : Aftir the destruccioun of the rewme, the peple ben glad for to resorte and turne aȝen into the catholik and general feith and loore of the chirche.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)37.254 : The Signe of the Croys they maden Anon, whiche to hem was gret Comfort the sonnere to Joye to ben Resort [F revenir].
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.271 : To fruyt of vertu þei resorten [L rediere] then.
e
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3941 : He caste..To make a maner reuocacioun..Me to resorte a-geyn to his presence.
2.
(a) To advance, go; come, proceed; of an underground stream: issue forth, come up; physiol. of humors, natural heat: move (to a part of the body), flow; ~ oute of wombe, come forth from the womb; ~ to (in-to, unto), come or go to (sb., a place, battle, etc.); (b) to approach (sb.), come to; (c) ~ unto, to go to (sb.), visit habitually, frequent; (d) to visit for an extended period, sojourn; (e) of the turn of Fortune's wheel: to occur, come about.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)98/29 : Þat ryuere cometh towardes ynde vnder erthe & resorteth into [Man.(2): commez vp in; F resourt en] the lond of Altazar.
- (1429) RParl.4.359a : There..is ladde..oute of your saide Roiaume..grete quantite of Wolle..and many other Merchaundises into Flandres, Holland..noght resortyng to your saide Staple as they oughten to doo.
- (1436) Proc.Privy C.4.352c : Thei shall mowe remembre what a preciouse jeuell..Calais is to this reame, what profite..to the Kinges subgittes the which resorte thidre for marcaundise and other causes.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)3523 : Geynys all þine enmyis þe to conforte, My sustrys & I shul to þe resorte.
- (1447) Proc.Privy C.6.61 : Þey may resorte into þis lande freely with þeir merchandises.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.583 : He gan to Resorte [F s'entorna] to that bataylle..And with him..ladde he..An hundred Of his Men.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)55.46 : Whanne that Iosephes to God past was, Aleyn Remevede from that plas..and his bretheren with hym gonnen Resort.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)3.1006 : I sente after you that ye shuld resorte On-to this houshold.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1930 : Wyn moost Reed..Take out of mesure doth not counforte, Corrupt humours causith to Resoorte To ech membir.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)253/3 : Than all the knyghtys of the Rounde Table resorted unto the kynge and made many joustys and turnementes.
- (1471) Rec.Throne Edw.IV (Roy 17.D.15)p.279 : O that nobill prynce..To sitt at Londone resorte he than.
- c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)342/10 : The naturall hete that is a-brode in all the membres draweth and resorteth to the stomac.
- c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)348/32 : The wyndes ben sharpe, the leuys fallyn downe..And the bestes rasoorten [Laud: flee] to cauys or dykes for the grete colde.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)353 : An aungell from heuyn downe to hym resort [vr. dyd resorte]..And promysyd hym a mayden..Of hys begetyng..to be born.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)553 : She was predestinat..To be the worlds..chief comfort By hym that shuld out of hyr wombe resort.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)800 : I walke all lanys and weys..to þe stews I resort.
- a1500(c1450) Idley Instr.(Arun 20)2.S.186 : Þe dougher was feyr..And all þeis ȝung men resortyd hyr vnto.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1833 : Natural hete & blode doon resorte To theire herte.
b
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)153/4576 : The mortalle crampe this felly me resort.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)215/6397 : Syn so is y may not yow resort, This write y yow myn owen dere hertis blisse.
c
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1045/10 : Than..sir Launcelot began to resorte unto quene Gwenivere agayne and forgate the promyse..that he made in the queste.
d
- (1453) RParl.5.230b : We..graunte..another Subsidie to be paied..of..all..Merchauntz Straungers..dwellyng, abydyng, repairyng, or resortyng by the space of vi wokeys withinne youre said Reaume.
e
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1134 : Thus entrechaunge euery ȝere they shal..They most obeye of hert and take it wel lich as the tourn resorteþ of the whel.
3.
(a) To return (to a subject, topic, story, etc.), pick up (a narrative where it broke off); also, with inf.: ~ to tellen, return to tell (of sth., how sth. happened); (b) to refer (to a document or work for clarification, guidance, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.920 : Whiche to declare now I may not dwelle..For to Iason I wil resorte ageyn.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.3265 : To resorte in conclusioun, To telle how þe grete Agamenoun For his lordis haþ in al hast y-sent.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1434 : In Troie boke no more of hem I rede, But late hem lyve in felicite, Ageyn resortynge to tellen of Enee.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1397 : Resorte I wol to that I first spake.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)142 : Wherfore it be houyth þat we nowe resorte to the poynte in wich we lafte.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1635 : Now to coniunccion late vs resorte, And some wise concelle therof to reporte.
b
- (1439) EEWills128/15 : If ther be eny clause or matier in his olde will..to the wich it shall seme..necessary to resorte and to take remembraunce of..the saide executours haue full power..like as..it shall seme hem necessarie.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2168 : When ye dowte bi taste to make reporte, Then to your other testymonyes resorte.
4.
(a) To turn (to sb.) for aid, protection, support, information, etc.; turn (to God, the church) for salvation, mercy, etc.; also, go over (to sb.) as an adherent; (b) to have recourse (to some action); also, with inf.: resort (to doing sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- (1426) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.4251 : Þe seide Anne shall be at hir fredome to go and resorte to þe seide lorde with oute lettyng of þe seide sir Humfrey.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.191 : Lordis..in ther magnificence Off roial power sette off God riht nouht..That thei to hym wil nat resorte a-geyn.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.3870 : O welle of fredam, enclyne thyn eris..To heere of merci my supplicacioun, In releuyng of myn hertis greuaunce; Oppressid with pouert, & kan no purueiaunce, Sauff to resorte to thi magnificence.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)322 : I..schal..euer to the resorte With sacryfyse.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)26.84 : The qweene..To flegentyne sente..and preide here..that sche wolde Comen hire vnto that Ech of hem Other myhte Comforte and Ech In here Angwisch to Other Resorte.
- (1464) RParl.5.512a : Rouland Kirkeby..submittyng hymself to the Kyng..Subget and Liegeman, sworn bodely so to persever and contynue, after that resorted to the seid Henry, late called Kyng, and the seid Margaret.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)940 : He ys resurreccyon and lywe; to hem, Wyll, resort.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)991 : To owr modyr, Holy Chyrche, I wyll resort.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)84 : Yet anaxagoras wrote playnyst of theym al..wherof Aristotille hadde grete envye, And him rebukith vnrightfullye..Entending that men to his shuld not resorte.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)569 : Heruppon this monke to me resorted, Of trust, he seid, which men of me reportide.
b
- a1425 This is goddis (Wht)77 : In couenaunt-briche þou art vntrewe, And redy aȝeyn to resoort To folowe vicis and fle vertuwe.
- (1425) RParl.4.268b : Roger Hunt..humbly besought ye Highnesse..to graunte ye said Roger..yat what evir he shuld seye in yis matier, yat he myght seyen hit under protestation..yat he myght, by vertue of yis protestation, resort ayein to reformation of his seid Lord ErlMareschall.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)p.10 : Here the Translator resortith ageyn to set in a prologe on this wyse.
5.
(a) To revert to a former condition, practice, intent, etc.; ~ to flesh mete, return to eating meat; ~ to himself, come to himself, regain his senses; ~ to lif, come to life again; (b) to redound (upon sb.), fall (to sb.); ~ on (to).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)161/33 : Now I bydde þe þat þu resort a-geyn to flesch mete.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3393 : He goth on thre and efft on foure ageyn..To the mateer which that he cam fro He muste off keende resorte ageyn therto.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1048 : Whan Tytus saw þat segge..His herte in an hote yre so hetterly riseþ Þat þe blode bygan to spred abrode in þe vaynes & þe synwes resorte in her self kynde.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3553 : When he past of his payne..And resort to hym selfe & his sight gate, He plainted full pitiously.
- (1474) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3278 : Than resortyng to the forseid entent of our Soveraigne Lord..to restore his lande to his olde fame, honour, and renommee..there can be founde noon..so expedient a werk.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2190 : Liquor..causith dede thingis to resorte to lyfe.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)63 : Eolus hath many of my places Dystroyed with hys blastes..Where any wood ys, he shall make hyt pleyn, Yet he to hys lyberte may resorte ayeyn.
- c1616(1441) Coucher Bk.Plumptonp.lxi : He was long tyme afterward in dispare of his life, and shall now never resort to the bodyly strength and heale of his person that he was in before.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4913 : Þat þe fulle execusioun Of her contrived conspiracioun Resorte ageyn..Only on hem þat gan it first deuyse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5496 : For falshede ay wil ageyn rebounde Where it roos first, to his original Resorte ageyn, riȝt as doth a bal.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)7677 : To hym gret grace scholde Resorte, as Evere to ony man that was of his porte.
- a1475(1430) Lydg.St.Marg.(Dur-U Cosin V.2.14)361 : Whan it falleth thei haue of me mastrie, Ageyn to me resorteth al the wrak.
6.
Associated quotations
- (1465) Lin.DDoc.124/5-6 : I wol..if any of them dye, it remayne to his brother in descendyng, not resortyng so that oon haue not ij partes; And if all dye except the eldyst, all to resorte to him, he forto haue it to him and to his heyris.
7.
To make known (the truth); -- ?error for reporten v.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Lydg.TB (Dgb 232)3.440 : Resorte [Aug: Þer schal men go be-twene Of our expleit þe trouþe to reporte, Whiche part Mars list þe feld to sorte, Of his power.