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Pos: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb assort has 2 senses

1.  assort(v = verb.social) affiliate, associate, consort - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
is one way to interact
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

2.  assort(v = verb.cognition) class, classify, separate, sort, sort out - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
is one way to categorise, categorize
Derived form noun assortment2
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

assort, v. t. [F. assortir; (L. ad) + sortir to cast or draw lots, to obtain by lot, L. sortiri, fr. sors, sortis, lot. See Sort.].

   To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo. [1913 Webster]
"[Rarely applied to persons.]" [1913 Webster]
"They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate." [1913 Webster]


assort, v. i.

   To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. Mitford. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

assort, v.
1 tr. (usu. foll. by with) classify or arrange in groups.
2 intr. suit; fit into; harmonize with (usu. assort ill or well with).

Etymology:
OF assorter f. {agrave} to + sorte SORT


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Arrangement

VB  reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.