Assort
[ə'sɔːt] or [ə'sɔrt]
Definition
(v. t.) 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. [Rarely applied to persons.]
(v. t.) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
(v. i.) To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Class, classify, rank, group, arrange, distribute, sort.
v. n. Agree, consort, suit, be adapted, be suitable.
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Definition
v.t. to separate into classes: to arrange.—v.i. to agree or be in accordance with: to fall into a class with suit well with: (arch.) to keep company with.—p.adj. Assort′ed classified arranged in sorts.—ns. Assort′edness; Assort′ment act of assorting: a quantity or number of things assorted: variety.
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Examples
- Machines for Assorting and Dipping, Drying and Boxing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But I also know,' pursued the old gentleman, 'the misery, the slow torture, the protracted anguish of that ill-assorted union. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I thought of the youth and love and beauty of my dear girl, shut up in such an ill-assorted refuge, almost as if it were a cruel place. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Such another scheme, composed of so many ill-assorted people, she hoped never to be betrayed into again. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If you would see a fair average style of assorted cripples, go to Naples, or travel through the Roman States. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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