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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: affiliate, associate, class, classify, consort, separate, sort, sort out
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
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