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