Assort

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}]
    

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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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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41 Moby Thesaurus words for "assort":
      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