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English Dictionary: Assort by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assort
v
  1. keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
    Synonym(s): consort, associate, affiliate, assort
  2. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
    Synonym(s): classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
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.
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