resource

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From Old French resource (a source, spring), from Old French resourdre, from Latin resurgere (to rise again, spring up anew). See resourd, resurgent, source.

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Particularly: "UK"

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resource (plural resources)

  1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
  2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
    a man/woman of resource

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resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced)

  1. To supply with resources
    • 1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education[1], ISBN 0750709340, page 160:
      All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.

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