[uh-sawrt] 
| 1. | to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort. |
| 2. | to furnish with a suitable assortment or variety of goods; make up of articles likely to suit a demand. |
| 3. | Archaic. to group with others of the same or similar kind; connect or identify as of a similar class; associate (usually fol. by with). |
| 4. | to agree in sort or kind; be matched or suited. |
| 5. | to associate; consort. |
| as·sort (ə-sôrt') v. as·sort·ed, as·sort·ing, as·sorts v. tr.
[Middle English assorte, from Old French assorter : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + sorte, kind (from Latin sors, sort-, chance, lot; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots).] as·sor'ta·tive (ə-sôr'tə-tĭv) adj., as·sort'er n. |
