ppl. a. [f. SORT v.1 Cf. ILL-SORTED a.]
1. Picked, chosen, selected.
1547. Cal. Pat. Rolls Irel., I. (1861), 154. A convenient number of sorted men for the relief of the Lord Deputy.
1632. Heywood, 2nd Pt. Iron Age, Ded. If you persist in the same opinion, when you shall spare some sorted houres to heare it read.
1839. Ure, Dict. Arts, 812. The pure ore, or at least the very rich portion, called the sorted mine.
1844. Mrs. Browning, Vis. Poets, cxcv. A company came up the aisle With measured step and sorted smile.
2. Assorted; arranged, classified.
1697. Dryden, Virg. Past., Pref. (1721), I. 93. A curious Parterre of sorted Flowers.
1722. De Foe, Col. Jack (1840), 167. A sorted cargo of goods.
1784. Cowper, Task, III. 634. Grateful mixture of well-match’á And sorted hues.
1891. Daily News, 2 March, 2/2. The sorted papers are thrown into different hoppers.
