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assorted

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Assorted \As*sort"ed\ ([a^]s*s[^o]rt"[e^]d), a.
   Selected; culled.

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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]
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