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verb

Sort v. t. (past & past part. sorted; pres. part. sorting)

To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness. "Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another."

To reduce to order from a confused state.

To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class. "Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects." "She sorts things present with things past."

To choose from a number; to select; to cull. "That he may sort out a worthy spouse." "I'll sort some other time to visit you."

To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. (R.) "I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience."

Sort v. i.

To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree. "Nor do metals only sort and herd with metals in the earth, and minerals with minerals." "The illiberality of parents towards children makes them base, and sort with any company."

To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize. "They are happy whose natures sort with their vocations." "Things sort not to my will." "I can not tell you precisely how they sorted."

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Etymology of 'Sorting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sorting" Quotes from Famous Books

... counter, sorting silks. Not rich piece silks that are made into gowns; Mrs. Duff's shop did not aspire to that luxurious class of goods; but humble skeins of mixed sewing-silks, that were kept tied up in a piece of wash-leather. ...

— Verner's Pride • Mrs. Henry Wood

... up the matter and present it to you in its finished shape for the consideration of the conscious mind. The sub-conscious mind does not insist that you shall adopt its views, or accept its work, but merely hands out to you the result of its sorting, classifying and arranging. The choice and will still remains yours, but you will often find that there is seen to be one plan or path that stands out clearly from the others, and you will very likely adopt that one. The secret is that the sub-conscious ...

— A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka

... and they're all mixed up together. When they get down to the mills where they are to be sawed up into boards, the logs belonging to the different owners have to be sorted out. Papa's company is paid by all the others to do the floating down stream and the sorting out. The sorting out is done in the booms; and we put the booms up stream from the mills because it is easier to float the logs, after they have been sorted, down the stream than to haul ...

— The Adventures of Bobby Orde • Stewart Edward White

... came in again and sat down beside the engineer. He said nothing, but sat there sorting his tickets, while Saggart gazed out of the window. Suddenly the engineer sprang to his feet with his eyes wide open. The train was swaying from side to side and going at ...

— The Face And The Mask • Robert Barr

... colleagues, with a conscientious and artistic, but merely technical reproduction; he wished to know what he was doing and he learned the language of the inscriptions. When he took on himself the sorting of the fragments, it was in the hope of distinguishing himself in this new field, and of rendering a substantial service to the science which had fascinated him. Nor was he deceived in this hope. He succeeded in finding and uniting a large ...

— Chaldea - From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria • Znade A. Ragozin

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