assort
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
to furnish with a suitable assortment or variety of goods; make up of articles likely to suit a demand.
Archaic. to group with others of the same or similar kind; connect or identify as of a similar class; associate (usually followed by with).
to agree in sort or kind; be matched or suited.
to associate; consort.
Origin of assort
1Other words from assort
- as·sort·a·tive, as·sort·ive, adjective
- as·sort·a·tive·ly, adverb
- as·sort·er, noun
- re·as·sort, verb
Words Nearby assort
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How to use assort in a sentence
Worse yet, how could one assort together duplication and the double object, whiteness and the white object?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)After council I went to work to assort the articles to be sold, etc.
William Clayton's Journal | William ClaytonHe undertook to assort the correspondence, and forward it to Montreal and Toronto by queen's messengers.
The History of the Post Office in British North America | William SmithNow, however, they assort them elsewhere, and their wretched dwellings are as clean as it is possible to keep them.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life | James D. McCabeThe colours for the conical stripes may be any two or four colours, which assort well together; or each may be different.
My Knitting Book | Miss Lambert
British Dictionary definitions for assort
/ (əˈsɔːt) /
(tr) to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; classify
(intr usually foll by with) to fit or fall into a class or group; match
(tr) to supply with an assortment of merchandise
(tr) to put in the same category as others; group
(intr usually foll by with) rare to keep company; consort
Origin of assort
1Derived forms of assort
- assortative or assortive, adjective
- assortatively, adverb
- assorter, noun
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