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assort

as·sort [ ə sáwrt ] (past and past participle as·sort·ed, present participle as·sort·ing, 3rd person present singular as·sorts)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb sort: to sort things by type or category

2. intransitive verb fit into group: to fit into a group

[15th century. < Old French assorter< sorte "a sort" (see sort)]

as·sort·er noun
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