assorted

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assorted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Assorted \As*sort"ed\ ([a^]s*s[^o]rt"[e^]d), a.
     Selected; culled.
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assorted - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  assorted
      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(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:
         assorted, various]

assorted - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "assorted":
     adapted, aligned, arranged, arrayed, associated, at odds,
     at variance, bracketed, cataloged, categorized, chosen, classified,
     composed, conformable, conglomerate, constituted, contrary,
     contrasted, contrasting, coupled, departing, deviating, deviative,
     different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing,
     discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined,
     disparate, disposed, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct,
     distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified,
     filed, fitted, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonized, heterogeneous,
     hierarchic, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible,
     incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, indexed, indiscriminate,
     inharmonious, irreconcilable, linked, many, many and various,
     marshaled, matched, methodized, mixed, motley, multifarious,
     normalized, of all sorts, on file, ordered, orderly, organized,
     picked, pigeonholed, placed, poles apart, poles asunder, preferred,
     promiscuous, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized,
     regulated, routinized, selected, separate, separated, several,
     sorted, standardized, stratified, suited, sundry, synchronized,
     systematized, tabular, unconformable, unequal, unlike, variant,
     varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart