From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.]
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They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with
whom they must associate. --Burke.
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2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety
of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Assorted \As*sort"ed\ ([a^]s*s[^o]rt"[e^]d), a.
Selected; culled.
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