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to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or cl-ss; cl-ssify; sort.
to furnish with a suitable or variety of goods; make up of articles likely to suit a demand.
archaic. to group with others of the same or similar kind; connect or identify as of a similar cl-ss; -ssociate (usually followed by with).
to agree in sort or kind; be matched or suited.
to -ssociate; consort.
historical examples

no more need of our daily committee and their pleasant aids, to unpack and -ssort supplies for our sick and wounded.
woman’s work in the civil war linus pierpont brockett

after council i went to work to -ssort the articles to be sold, etc.
william clayton’s journal william clayton

her swiftly flying memory seemed to -ssort a vast mine of treasures of the past.
the light of western stars zane grey

“coming,” said phyllis simply; and went in to -ssort her babies.
the wishing-ring man margaret widdemer

if you are kind enough to -ssort the books we put up yesterday, oblige me by going through the armoury.
wilfrid c-mbermede george macdonald

it is better to have each card different, and to -ssort the flags, so that every card may contain some not very generally known.
bright ideas for entertaining mrs. herbert b. linscott

it is customary to -ssort the currency of from one to four groups by banks each day.
the galaxy, may, 1877 various

-ssort′edness; -ssort′ment, act of -ssorting: a quant-ty or number of things -ssorted: variety.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various

the colours for the conical stripes may be any two or four colours, which -ssort well together; or each may be different.
my knitting book miss lambert

obviously the artist may -ssort any two or more of these varieties in the same picture.
art principles ernest govett

verb
(transitive) to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; cl-ssify
(intransitive) usually foll by with. to fit or fall into a cl-ss or group; match
(transitive) to supply with an -ssortment of merchandise
(transitive) to put in the same category as others; group
(rare) (intransitive) usually foll by with. to keep company; consort
v.

late 15c., “to distribute into groups,” from middle french -ssortir (15c.), from old french -ssorter “to -ssort, match,” from a- “to” (see ad-) + sorte “kind” (see sort). related: -ssorted; -ssorting.