Associations to the word «Assort»

Wiktionary

ASSORT, verb. (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
ASSORT, verb. (intransitive) To be of a kind with.
ASSORT, verb. (intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
ASSORT, verb. (transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.

Dictionary definition

ASSORT, verb. Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues".
ASSORT, verb. Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats