assort

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English

Etymology

Middle French assortir.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Verb

assort (third-person singular simple present assorts, present participle assorting, simple past and past participle assorted)

  1. (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
  2. (intransitive) To be of a kind with, to harmonise or match.
    • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 217:
      She wore a peruke of very fair golden hair; and herein was shown the lurking spirit of female vanity: her own tresses had been very beautiful; in some whim she had had them shaven off, but the colour of the peruke had been most assiduously assorted to them.
  3. (intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
  4. (transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
    to assort a cargo

Derived terms

Category English terms derived from the Serrano root assort- not found

Translations

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

assort

  1. third-person singular present indicative of assortir
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