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ASSORT
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
(verb) arrange or order by classes or categories; “How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
assort (third-person singular simple present assorts, present participle assorting, simple past and past participle assorted)
(transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
(intransitive) To be of a kind with.
(intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
(transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
Anagrams
• Astors, Astros, roasts, sortsa
Source: Wiktionary
As*sort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assorting.] Etym: [F. assortir; (L. ad) + sortir to cast or draw lots, to obtain by lot, L. sortiri, fr. sors, sortis, lot. See Sort.]
1. To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.
Note: [Rarely applied to persons.] They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate. Burke.
2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
As*sort", v. i.
Definition: To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. Mitford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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