resorted

VERB

have recourse to; make use of

Synonyms

STRONG

address affect apply devote direct employ exercise frequent go haunt recur repair run try turn use utilize visit

WEAK

avail oneself of benefit by bring into play fall back on go to head for look to make use of put to use recur to refer to take up turn to

Antonyms

STRONG

abstain break halt ignore misuse shun stay stop

WEAK

avoid dodge

Example Sentences

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While someone's back was turned, you whipped out your pencil and—" "Resorted to a very pardonable subterfuge highly conducive to the public's good.

From The Golden Slipper : and other problems for Violet Strange by Green, Anna Katharine

Since many to our house 220 Resorted in those happier days, for he Drew pow’rful to himself the hearts of all.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William