[əˈsɔːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny
(e.g: banding on the shell assorts independently of colour)

- place in a group; classify
(e.g: he would assort it with the fabulous dogs as a monstrous invention)


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Origin:
late 15th century: from Old French assorter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + sorte ‘sort, kind’