[no obj.](Genetics)(of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny (遗传)(基因或特征在细胞或后代中)分配,配倒
[with obj.](archaic)place in a group; classify (古)把…归为一类;分类 he would assort it with the fabulous dogs as a monstrous invention. 他会把它当作一种可怕的发明与传说中的狗归为一类。
语源
late 15th cent.: from Old French assorter, from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + sorte 'sort, kind'