| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb assort.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (assort) | 1. Arrange or order by classes or categories.[Wordnet]. 2. Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues".[Wordnet]. 3. 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.].[Websters]. 4. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.[Websters]. 5. To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.[Websters]. 6. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: assorting, assorted, assorts, assorter, assorters, assortingly and assortedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ASSORTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ASSORTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Separating into sorts; supplying with an assortment. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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