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Sort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or thing characterized by the same or like qualities; as a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems or writings. sort is not a technical word, and therefore is used with less precision or more latitude than genus or species in the sciences.

2. Manner; form of being or acting. Flowers, in such sort worn, can neither be smelt not seen well by those that wear them. To Adam in what sort shall I appear?

3. Class or order; as men of the wiser sort or the better sort; all sorts of people. [ See Def . 1.]

4. Rank; condition above the vulgar. [Not in use.]

5. A company or knot of people. [Not in use.]

6. Degree of any quality. I shall not be wholly without praise, if in some sort I have copied his style.

7. Lot.

8. A pair; a set; a suit.

Sort [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To be joined with others of the same species. Nor do metals only sort with metals in the earth, and minerals with minerals.

2. To consort; to associate. The illiberality of parents towards children, makes them base and sort with any company.

3. To suit; to fit. They are happy whose natures sort with their vocations.

4. To terminate; to issue; to have success. [Not in use.]

5. To fall out. [Not in use.]

Sort [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To separate, as things having like qualities from other things, and place them in distinct classes or divisions; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness. Shell fish have been, be some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects. Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another.

2. To reduce to order from a state of confusion. [See supra.]

3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution. The swain perceiving by her word ill sorted, that she was wholly from herself transported-

4. To cull; to choose from a number; to select. That he may sort her out a worthy spouse.

Sort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Chance; lot; destiny.

2. A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.

3. Manner; form of being or acting.

4. Condition above the vulgar; rank.

5. A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals.

6. A pair; a set; a suit.

7. Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered.

Sort [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.

2. To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.

Sort [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. To reduce to order from a confused state.

3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.

4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

Sortable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That may be sorted.

2. Suitable; befitting.

Sortable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Capable of being sorted.

2. Suitable; befitting; proper.

Sortably [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Suitable.

Sortal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to or designating a sort. [Not in use.]

Sortal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to a sort.

Sortance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Suitableness; agreement. [Not in use.]

Sortance [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Suitableness; agreement.

Sorted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Sort

Sorter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, sorts.

Sortes [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

pl. of Sors.

Sortes [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Sors

Sortie [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

Sortilege [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act or practice of drawing lots. [Sortilegy is not used.]

Sortilege [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots.

Sortilegious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to sortilege.

2. SORTI'TION , [Latin sortitio.] Selection or appointment by lot.

Sortilegious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to sortilege.

Sortilegy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sortilege.

Sorting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Sort

Sortition [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Selection or appointment by lot.

Sortment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of sorting; distribution into classes of kinds.

2. A parcel sorted. [This word is superseded by assortment, which see.]

Sortment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Assortiment.

Degree Roget’s Thesaurus §26

N. degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch, reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber, gradation, shade, tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength

Adj. comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds

Adv. by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado, 2, comparative quantity

Arrangement Roget’s Thesaurus §60

N. arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter

V. reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze

Adj. arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic

Phr. "in vast cumbrous array"

Continuity Roget’s Thesaurus §69

N. continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade

V. follow in a series, form a series, fall in, arrange in a series, collate, string together, file, thread, graduate, organize, sort, tabulate

Adj. continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence) 604a, perennial, evergreen, constant

Adv. continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in indian file

Class Roget’s Thesaurus §75

N. class, division, category, categorema, head, # order, section, department, subdepartment, province, domain, kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset, assortment, feather, kidney, suit, range, gender, sex, kin, manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament, indication, particularization, selection, specification, similarity

List Roget’s Thesaurus §86

N. list, catalog, catalogue, inventory, register &c. # (record) 551, account, bill, bill of costs, terrier, tally, listing, itemization, atlas, book, ledger, catalogue raisonne, tableau, invoice, bill of lading, prospectus, bill of fare, menu, carte, score, census, statistics, returns, contents, table of contents, outline, synopsis, program, programme, syllabus, agenda, schedule, calendar, docket, listing, printout, output, checklist, table, chart, database, index, inverted file, word list, concordance, dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, thesaurus, file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book, red book, blue book, domesday book, cadastre, directory, gazetter, almanac, army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list, almanach de gotha, cadaster, lloyd's register, nautical almanac, who's who, guiness's book of world records, roll, check roll, checker roll, bead roll, muster roll, muster book, roster, panel, jury list, cartulary, diptych

V. list, itemize, sort, collate, enumerate, tabulate, catalog, tally

Adj. cadastral, 2, determinate number

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Genesis 6:19

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

Genesis 6:20

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 7:14

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

Genesis 40:17

And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

Deuteronomy 22:11

Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.

2 Kings 1:7

And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”

2 Kings 17:32

So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

2 Kings 24:14

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

1 Chronicles 24:5

Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

1 Chronicles 29:14

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

2 Chronicles 30:5

So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.

Ezra 1:10

Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.

Ezra 4:8

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

Nehemiah 5:18

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

Nehemiah 6:4

Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

Psalms 78:45

He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.

Psalms 105:31

He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

Ezekiel 23:42

And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.

Ezekiel 27:24

These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.