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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSORT'ED, pp.
1. Distributed into sorts, kinds or classes.
2. Furnished with an assortment, or with a variety; as a well assorted store.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "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: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry]
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: assorted, various]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1797 1. suited especially by nature or character <an ill-assorted pair> 2. consisting of various kinds <assorted chocolates>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of various sorts put together; miscellaneous. 2 sorted into groups. 3 matched (ill-assorted; poorly assorted).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities. ...swimsuits, sizes 12-18, in assorted colours. = various ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Of various sorts, various, varied, diverse, divers, miscellaneous.

Moby Thesaurus

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