He was a man of infinite resources, gained in his barrack experience

Mrs. Gaskell, Cranford, ii. =Syn. 1. Resort, etc. See expedient. resourceful (re-sōrs'ful), a. [ The justne of his gradations, and the resourceful variety of his touch, are equally to be admired. The Academy , No. 892, p. 402. 2. Good at devising expedients; shifty. She was cheerful and resourceful when any difficulty A. Helps , Casimir Maremma, xxxiii. resourcefulne (re-sōrs'fül-nes), n. The state or character of being resourceful. arose. Here [in the Far West], if anywhere, settlers may combine the practical resourcefulne of the savage with the intellectual activity of the dweller in cities. Quarterly Rev., CXXVI. 388. [ resource + resourcele (re-sōrs'les), a . -le .] Destitute of resources. Mungo Park, resourcele , had sunk down to die under the Negro Village-Tree, a horrible White object in the eyes of all. Carlyle , Past and Present, iii. 13. resourdt, v . i. [ME. resourden , resourdre , rise up, spring up, resurgere , rise again: see resurgent . Cf. resource.] To spring up; rise anew.