assort
verb (used with object)
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
reassort
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a word derived from
assort.
Example Sentences
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When infecting pigs, avian viruses can reassort with viruses already in the swine that more readily infect people.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2022
But when humans infect commercial herds, which happens despite biocontainment efforts, the viruses move between the animals throughout the spring and reassort.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2022
But the biggest concern is that this virus could get into humans and recombine or reassort with a human flu virus and acquire that readily transmissible nature that those viruses have.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2022
Kawaoka's team has shown that the two viruses are compatible, and will reassort spontaneously when they infect the same cells.
From Nature ● Jun. 27, 2012
With only his slow, forbearing smile by way of comment, Victor heard her out, but when she paused to reassort her thoughts, lifted a temporizing hand.
From Red Masquerade by Louis Joseph Vance
