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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as·sort \\ə-ˈsȯrt\\ verb ETYMOLOGY Middle French assortir, from a- (from Latin ad-) + sorte sort
DATE 15th century
transitive verb1. to distribute into groups of a like kind : classify 2. to supply with an assortment (as of goods)intransitive verb1. to agree in kind : harmonize 2. to keep company : associate • as·sort·er noun
assort late 15 c., "to distribute into groups," from M.Fr
http://M.Fr . assortir (15 c.), from O.Fr
http://O.Fr . assorter "to assort, match," from a- "to" + sorte "kind" (see sort).
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged as·sort\əˈsȯ(ə)rt, -ȯ(ə)t, usu-d.+V\ verb( -ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French assortir, from a- to (from Latin ad-) + -sortir (from sorte sort, kind) — more at sort transitive verb1. : to separate and distribute into groups of a like kind, quality, or purpose : classify , sort < her mind was busily assorting and grouping the faces before her — Ellen Glasgow >2. : to supply with a suitable assortment or variety (as of goods) < helped to balance and assort that month's listings — Atlantic Bull >3. : to place in the same group with others : associate in a class : class < assort this fiction with the short stories and novelettes >intransitive verb1. : to fall into a class or place : agree in sort or kind : become adapted or suited : match , harmonize < the donkey trail assorted oddly with the house — D.C.Peattie >2. : to keep company : associate , consort < I could abide to assort with fisher-swains — Charles Lamb >
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