sorted
  分類的; 分選的
  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.
     Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another.   --Sir I. Newton.
  2. To reduce to order from a confused state.
  3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
     Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects.   --Bacon.
     She sorts things present with things past.   --Sir J. Davies.
  4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
     That he may sort out a worthy spouse.   --Chapman.
     I'll sort some other time to visit you.   --Shak.
  5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.]
     I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience.   --Shak.
  sorted
       adj 1: arranged according to size
       2: arranged into groups [syn: grouped]