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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
assort
    v 1: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with
         strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn:
         consort, associate, affiliate, assort]
    2: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
       classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn:
       classify, class, sort, assort, sort out,
       separate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Assort \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.]
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               They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with
               whom they must associate.          --Burke.
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   2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety
      of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Assort \As*sort"\, v. i.
   To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to
   fall into a class or place. --Mitford.
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Thesaurus Results for assort:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
alphabetize, analyze, arrange, bolt, break down, catalog, categorize, class, classify, codify, collate, digest, distribute, divide, file, gradate, grade, group, index, list, methodize, order, pigeonhole, place, range, rank, rate, riddle, screen, separate, sieve, sift, size, sort, sort out, stratify, subdivide, subordinate, systematize, tabulate, type
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