Assorted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assort \As*sort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assorted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Assorting}.] [F. assortir; ? (L. ad) + sortir to cast or
     draw lots, to obtain by lot, L. sortiri, fr. sors, sortis,
     lot. See {Sort}.]
     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.]
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                 They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with
                 whom they must associate.          --Burke.
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     2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety
        of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assorted \As*sort"ed\ ([a^]s*s[^o]rt"[e^]d), a.
     Selected; culled.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  assorted
       adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
              (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of
              assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes";
              "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of
              baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew";
              "sundry sciences commonly known as social"-
              I.A.Richards [syn: {miscellaneous}, {mixed}, {motley},
               {sundry(a)}]
       2: of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking
          any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many
          and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove
          the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"
          [syn: {various}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "assorted":
     adapted, aligned, arranged, arrayed, associated, at odds,
     at variance, bracketed, cataloged, categorized, chosen, classified,
     composed, conformable, conglomerate, constituted, contrary,
     contrasted, contrasting, coupled, departing, deviating, deviative,
     different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing,
     discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined,
     disparate, disposed, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct,
     distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified,
     filed, fitted, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonized, heterogeneous,
     hierarchic, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible,
     incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, indexed, indiscriminate,
     inharmonious, irreconcilable, linked, many, many and various,
     marshaled, matched, methodized, mixed, motley, multifarious,
     normalized, of all sorts, on file, ordered, orderly, organized,
     picked, pigeonholed, placed, poles apart, poles asunder, preferred,
     promiscuous, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized,
     regulated, routinized, selected, separate, separated, several,
     sorted, standardized, stratified, suited, sundry, synchronized,
     systematized, tabular, unconformable, unequal, unlike, variant,
     varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart