assort

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  1. transitive verb To separate into groups according to kind; classify.
  2. transitive verb To supply with (an appropriate variety or assortment, as of goods).
  3. intransitive verb To agree in kind; fall into the same class.

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  1. Middle English assorte, from Old French assorter : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + sorte, kind (from Latin sors, sort-, chance, lot; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from late Middle English assorte, from Old French assorter = Old Italian assortare, from Middle Latin assortare (modern F. assortir = Spanish asortir = Italian assortire, from Middle Latin as if *assortire, after L. sortiri, cast lots, allot, distribute, select: see sort, v.); from Latin ad, to, + sor(t-)s, lot, condition, sort: see sort.
 

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/əˈsɔrt/
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