meaning of assort
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. [Rarely applied to persons. ]
2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
3. To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.
4. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they
">prehistoric?"
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