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assort

verb

  1. to distribute things into groups
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Pronunciation: /əˈsɔːt/ / /əˈsɔɹt/

verb

Etymology: Middle French assortir.

  1. To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.

    They appear […] no way assorted to those with whom they must associate.

  2. To be of a kind with, to harmonise or match.

    She wore a peruke of very fair golden hair; and herein was shown the lurking spirit of female vanity: her own tresses had been very beautiful; in some whim she had had them shaven off, but the colour of the peruke had been most assiduously assorted to them.

  3. To be associated with; to consort with.
  4. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.

    to assort a cargo