ASSORT


Meaning of ASSORT in English

əˈsȯ(ə)rt, -ȯ(ə)t, usu -d.+V verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle French assortir, from a- to (from Latin ad- ) + -sortir (from sorte sort, kind) — more at sort

transitive verb

1. : to separate and distribute into groups of a like kind, quality, or purpose : classify , sort

her mind was busily assorting and grouping the faces before her — Ellen Glasgow

2. : to supply with a suitable assortment or variety (as of goods)

helped to balance and assort that month's listings — Atlantic Bull

3. : to place in the same group with others : associate in a class : class

assort this fiction with the short stories and novelettes

intransitive verb

1. : to fall into a class or place : agree in sort or kind : become adapted or suited : match , harmonize

the donkey trail assorted oddly with the house — D.C.Peattie

2. : to keep company : associate , consort

I could abide to assort with fisher-swains — Charles Lamb

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