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adoptive transfer (medicine)


adoptive transfer


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assort (iou)



assort verb. L15.
[Old French assorter (mod. -ir), from a A-5 (assim. to as AS-1) + sorte SORT noun2.]
verb trans. Distribute into groups; arrange in sorts. L15.
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Merchants..employ wool-sorters of their own to assort and repack it.
b. Classify, place in a group, with. M19.
Dickens He would..assort it with the fabulous dogs..as a monstrous invention.
verb trans. Provide with an assortment. arch. M18.
Oxford English Dictionary We have sent orders for some white goods to assort our store.
verb intrans. Fall into a class with; correspond or suit (well, ill, etc.) with. E19.
W. Hamilton Finding that it is harmonious,that it dovetails and naturally assorts with Other parts. E. Linklater Her cold hard voice that assorted so badly with his memory of her.
verb intrans. Keep company, associate, with. arch. E19.
C. Lamb I could abide to assort with fisher-swains.
assorted adjective (a) matched to; (ill, well, etc.) suited to one another; (b) of various sorts put together: L18.