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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