different between assot vs assort

English

Etymology

From Middle English asoten, assoten, from Old French asoter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?t/

Adjective

assot (comparative more assot, superlative most assot)

1. (obsolete) dazed; foolish; infatuated

   • Willy, I ween thou be assot.

Verb

assot (third-person singular simple present assots, present participle assotting, simple past and past participle assotted or assot)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To besot; to befool; to infatuate.

Anagrams

• Satos, Tsaos, oasts, stoas, tasso, tosas

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (as-saw?), attested from the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

assot m (plural assots)

1. whip, scourge

   Synonyms: fuet, flagell

2. flogging

Derived terms

• assotar

References

Further reading

• “assot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “assot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “assot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

English

Etymology

Middle French assortir

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

assort (third-person singular simple present assorts, present participle assorting, simple past and past participle assorted)

1. (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     They appear […] no way assorted to those with whom they must associate.

2. (intransitive) To be of a kind with.
3. (intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
4. (transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.

   to assort a cargo

Derived terms

• assortation
• assortative

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Astors, Astros, roasts, sortsa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??/

Verb

assort

1. third-person singular present indicative of assortir