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Assorted   /əsˈɔrtɪd/   Listen
verb
Assort  v. t.  (past & past part. assorted; pres. part. assorting)  
1.
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. Note: (Rarely applied to persons.) "They appear... no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate."
2.
To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.


Assort  v. i.  To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.


adjective
Assorted  adj.  Selected; culled.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Assorted" Quotes from Famous Books



... before the greater part of his oddly assorted congregation had thought of leaving the country, either the rich cottagers whose family tradition or liberal opinions kept them in his church, or the boarding and camping elements who were uniting a love ...
— The Minister's Charge • William D. Howells
... involves the mightiest issues of life. It may be the source of infinite happiness or the seal of a living death. "Love is blind" is an old saying, verified by thousands of ill-assorted unions. Many unhappy marriages are traceable to one or both of two sources, Physical Weaknesses and Masquerading. Many are the candidates for marriage who are rendered unfit therefor from weaknesses of their sexual ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... furrow after furrow marked the progress. It was very glorious for Orpheus; but it was very gloomy for the Beast, and he knew it. Bravely did the old man hold out, and grim and silent was the surrender. Perhaps a dawning light of their ill-assorted association, and a fear for its influence on her happiness, might have opened the sally-port to the conqueror; but he never admitted it. He laid down his arms as coldly and quietly as ever any old Spanish knight gave up ...
— Trifles for the Christmas Holidays • H. S. Armstrong
... the mate, "you might butt right into a lot of assorted trouble. There may be a big force of Mexican rebels on hand to receive the arms. As they're already outlaws against their own government they would not hesitate about shooting into a small force ...
— Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants - or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers • H. Irving Hancock
... bewailing their want of success. They make themselves as attractive as they can, flirt in the most demonstrative manner, and are not too coy to receive in public attentions from those they admire. They may be often seen in well-assorted pairs returning from market with arms interlaced, and looking at each other as lovingly as if they were so many groups of Cupids and Psyches, but with all this the 'men will not propose.' Tell a maiden ...
— Primitive Love and Love-Stories • Henry Theophilus Finck


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