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A general type.

(archaic) Manner, way; form of being or acting.

(obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.

(informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.

(obsolete) Group, company.

(informal) A good-looking woman.

An act of sorting.

(computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.

(typography) (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

(mathematics) A type.

(obsolete) Fate, fortune, destiny.

(obsolete) Anything used to determine the answer to a question by chance; lot.

(obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes or a suit of clothes.Samuel Johnson, "A Dictionary of the English Language", [https://books.google.com/books?id=03Q7AAAAcAAJ] publisher=W. G. Jones year=1768

(separate according to certain criteria) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts. +

(arrange into some sort of order)To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically. +

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

(obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

(obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

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

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

(fix a problem) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task). +

To attack physically. +

To geld.