sorted

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sorted
    adj 1: arranged according to size
    2: arranged into groups [syn: {grouped}, {sorted}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sort \Sort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sorted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sorting}.]
   1. To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions,
      as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths
      according to their colors; to sort wool or thread
      according to its fineness.
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            Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted
            and sorted from one another.          --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.
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   2. To reduce to order from a confused state. --Hooker.
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   3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
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            Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients,
            compared and sorted with insects.     --Bacon.
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            She sorts things present with things past. --Sir J.
                                                  Davies.
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   4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
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            That he may sort out a worthy spouse. --Chapman.
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            I'll sort some other time to visit you. --Shak.
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   5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.]
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            I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "sorted":
      aligned, arranged, arrayed, assorted, cataloged, categorized,
      classified, composed, constituted, disposed, filed, fixed, graded,
      grouped, harmonized, hierarchic, indexed, marshaled, methodized,
      normalized, on file, ordered, orderly, organized, pigeonholed,
      placed, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated,
      routinized, standardized, stratified, synchronized, systematized,
      tabular

    

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