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resource

re.source \'re--.so-(*)rs, -.so.(*)rs, -.zo-(*)rs, -.zo.(*)rs, ri-'\ \-f*l\ 
   \-f*-le-\ n [F ressource, fr. OF ressourse relief, resource, fr. resourdreX 
   to relieve, lit., to rise again, fr. L resurgere - more at RESURRECTION 1a: 
   a new or a reserve source of supply or support  pl  1b1: available means  
   1b2: computable wealth  1b3: immediate and possible sources of revenue  2: 
   something to which one has recourse in difficulty : EXPEDIENT) M  3: a 
   possibility of relief or recovery  4: a means of spending one's leisure 
   time  5: an ability to meet and handle a situation HIFT, STOPGAP mean 
   something one turns to in the absence of the usual means or source of 
   supply. RESOURCE and RESORT apply to anything one falls back upon; 
   EXPEDIENT may apply to any device or contrivance used when the usual one is 
   not at hand or not possible; SHIFT implies a tentative or temporary 
   imperfect expedient; MAKESHIFT implies an inferior expedient adopted 
   because of urgent need or countenanced through indifference; STOPGAP 
   applies to something used temporarily as an emergency measure - 
   re.source.ful aj SYN syn RESOURCE, RESORT, EXPEDIENT, SHIFT, MAKES