Sort"a*bly, adv. Suitable. [Obs.] otgrave.
Sort"al (?), a. Pertaining to a sort. [Obs.] Locke.
Sort"ance (?), n. [From Sort, v. i.] Suitableness; agreement. [Obs.]
hak.
Sort"er (?), n. One who, or that which, sorts.
||Sor"tes (?), n., pl. of Sors.
Sor"tie (?; 277), n. [F., fr. sortir to go out, to issue, probably fr.
L. sortus, for surrectus, p. p. of surgere to raise up, to rise up. See
Source.] (Mil.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small,
from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
Sor"ti*lege (?), n. [F. sortilège, fr. L. sors, sortis, a lot + legere
to gather, to select.] The act or practice of drawing lots; divination
by drawing lots.
A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries.
Sir W. Scott.
Sor`ti*le"gious (?), a. Pertaining to sortilege.
Sor"til"e*gy (?), n. Sortilege. [R.] De Quincey.
Sor*ti"tion (?), n. [L. sortitio, from sortiri to draw or cast lots,
fr. sors, sortis, a lot.] Selection or appointment by lot. [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.