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as•sort

Pronunciation: (u-sôrt'), [key]
—v.t.
1. to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
2. to furnish with a suitable assortment or variety of goods; make up of articles likely to suit a demand.
3. Archaic.to group with others of the same or similar kind; connect or identify as of a similar class; associate (usually fol. by with).

—v.i.
1. to agree in sort or kind; be matched or suited.
2. to associate; consort.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

assonance

assortative mating

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