Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Assort \As*sort"\, v. i.
To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to
fall into a class or place. --Mitford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Assort \As*sort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assorted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Assorting}.] [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
assort
v 1: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with
strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
[syn: {consort}, {associate}, {affiliate}]
2: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
[syn: {classify}, {class}, {sort}, {sort out}, {separate}]
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