assort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb keep company with; hang out with
    associate; affiliate; consort.
    • He associates with strange people
    • She affiliates with her colleagues
  2. verb arrange or order by classes or categories
    sort; separate; sort out; class; classify.
    • How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

WordNet

As*sort" transitive verb
Etymology
F. assortir; (L. ad) + sortir to cast or draw lots, to obtain by lot, L. sortiri, fr. sors, sortis, lot. See Sort.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Assorted; present participle & verbal noun Assorting
Definitions
  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. Rarely applied to persons.
    They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate. Burke.
  2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
As*sort" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. Mitford.

Webster 1913