Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]

               They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with
               whom they must associate.          --Burke.

   2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety
      of goods; as, to assort a cargo.