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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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