He associates with strange people. She affiliates with her colleagues.
source: WordNet 3.0
arrange or order by classes or categories
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?.
source: WordNet 3.0
To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.]
source: Webster 1913
To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.
