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assort verb [ əˈsɔːt ]

• (of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny.
• "banding on the shell assorts independently of colour"
• place in a group; classify.
• "he would assort it with the fabulous dogs as a monstrous invention"
Origin: late 15th century: from Old French assorter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + sorte ‘sort, kind’.


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