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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Assorted  \As*sort"ed\  ([a^]s*s[^o]rt"[e^]d),  a. 
  Selected;  culled. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  assorted 
  adj  1:  consisting  of  a  haphazard  assortment  of  different  kinds 
  (even  to  the  point  of  incongruity);  "an  arrangement  of 
  assorted  spring  flowers";  "assorted  sizes"; 
  "miscellaneous  accessories";  "a  mixed  program  of 
  baroque  and  contemporary  music";  "a  motley  crew"; 
  "sundry  sciences  commonly  known  as  social"- 
  I.A.Richards  [syn:  {miscellaneous},  {mixed},  {motley}, 
  {sundry(a)}] 
  2:  of  many  different  kinds  purposefully  arranged  but  lacking 
  any  uniformity;  "assorted  sizes";  "his  disguises  are  many 
  and  various";  "various  experiments  have  failed  to  disprove 
  the  theory";  "cited  various  reasons  for  his  behavior" 
  [syn:  {various}] 




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