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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assort \As*sort"\, verb (used with an object) [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.]
They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate. --Burke.
2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assorted \As*sort"ed\ ([a^]s*s[^o]rt"[e^]d), adjective Selected; culled.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
assorted
adjective
1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: {miscellaneous}, {mixed}, {motley}, {sundry(a)}]
2: of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior" [syn: {various}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "assorted": adapted, aligned, arranged, arrayed, associated, at odds, at variance, bracketed, cataloged, categorized, chosen, classified, composed, conformable, conglomerate, constituted, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, coupled, departing, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disparate, disposed, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, filed, fitted, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonized, heterogeneous, hierarchic, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, indexed, indiscriminate, inharmonious, irreconcilable, linked, many, many and various, marshaled, matched, methodized, mixed, motley, multifarious, normalized, of all sorts, on file, ordered, orderly, organized, picked, pigeonholed, placed, poles apart, poles asunder, preferred, promiscuous, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated, routinized, selected, separate, separated, several, sorted, standardized, stratified, suited, sundry, synchronized, systematized, tabular, unconformable, unequal, unlike, variant, varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart
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