ASSORTED

assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry

(adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; “an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”; “assorted sizes”; “miscellaneous accessories”; “a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music”; “a motley crew”; “sundry sciences commonly known as social”- I.A.Richards

assorted, various

(adjective) of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; “assorted sizes”; “his disguises are many and various”; “various experiments have failed to disprove the theory”; “cited various reasons for his behavior”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

assorted

simple past tense and past participle of assort

Adjective

assorted (comparative more assorted, superlative most assorted)

Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.

Anagrams

• torsades

Source: Wiktionary


As*sort"ed, a.

Definition: Selected; culled.

ASSORT

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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