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Assort

Assort Meaning & Definition
Assort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Assort?

[v] arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
[v] keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Assort: affiliate | associate | class | classify | consort | separate | sort | sort out

Related Terms | Find terms related to Assort: alphabetize | analyze | arrange | bolt | break down | catalog | categorize | class | classify | codify | collate | digest | distribute | divide | file | gradate | grade | group | index | list | methodize | order | pigeonhole | place | range | rank | rate | riddle | screen | separate | sieve | sift | size | sort | sort out | stratify | subdivide | subordinate | systematize | tabulate | type

See Also | accompany | ally | catalog | catalogue | categorise | categorize | companion | company | compare | count | date | dichotomise | dichotomize | go out | go steady | grade | group | interact | isolate | keep company | number | pigeonhole | reclassify | refer | see | size | stamp | stereotype | unitise | unitize

Assort In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\As*sort"\, v. i. To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. --Mitford.

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