Sort (?), n. [F. sorl, L. sors, sortis. See Sort kind.] Chance; lot; destiny. [Obs.]
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By aventure, or sort, or cas [chance]. Chaucer.
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Let blockish Ajax draw
The sort to fight with Hector. Shak.
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Sort (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sorting.] 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.
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Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another. Sir I. Newton.
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2. To reduce to order from a confused state. Hooker.
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3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
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Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects. Bacon.
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She sorts things present with things past. Sir J. Davies.
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4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
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That he may sort out a worthy spouse. Chapman.
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I'll sort some other time to visit you. Shak.
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5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.]
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I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. Shak.
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