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assorted, ppl. a.|əˈsɔːtɪd| [f. prec. + -ed.] Arranged in sorts, classified; matched, suited, fitted; furnished with all sorts. Also, comprising various sorts.
a1797Burke (T.) No way assorted to those with whom they must associate. [See assort v. 4.] 1814Southey Roderick ii. Wks. IX. 14 In wedlock to an ill-assorted mate. 1844Macready Remin. II. 240 Put by my assorted papers. 1897G. B. Shaw Theatres in Nineties (1932) III. 246 Dickens..made desperate efforts to take his assorted heroines quite seriously by resolutely turning off the fun. 1937D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon xv. 302 ‘Will you have some of these little biscuits? Dear me, what a remarkable variety!’.. ‘They come assorted in boxes.’ |