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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
resource /rɪˈsɔːs, rɪˈzɔːs/
noun
  • 1 (usu. resources) a stock or supply of materials or assets.

    ■ a teaching aid.

  • 2 a strategy adopted in adverse circumstances.

    ■ (resources) personal attributes that sustain one in adverse circumstances.

verb provide with resources.
– derivatives
resourceless adjective,
resourcelessness noun.
– origin C17: from obs. Fr. ressourse, fem. past part. (used as n.) of OFr. dial. resourdre ‘rise again, recover’ (based on L. surgere ‘to rise’).



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