assort

verb

(transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.

(transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.

(intransitive) To be of a kind with, to harmonise or match.

(intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.

Roots

sors-sort · Latin · lot, fate

Synonyms for assort

classifyv sortn categorizev systematizev alphabetizev separateadj collatev arrangev stratifyv

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