assort
verb
- to distribute things into groups
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈsɔːt/ / /əˈsɔɹt/
verb
Etymology: Middle French assortir.
- To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
“They appear […] no way assorted to those with whom they must associate.”
- 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.”
- To be associated with; to consort with.
- To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
“to assort a cargo”