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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCORD', n.The Lat. has concors, concordo.
1. Agreement; harmony of minds; consent or concurrence of opinions or wills.
They all continued with one accord in prayer. Acts 1.
2. Concert; harmony of sounds; the union of different sounds, which is agreeable to the ear; agreement in pitch and tone; as the accord of notes; but in this sense, it is more usual to employ concord or chord.
3. Agreement; just correspondence of things; as the accord of light and shade in painting.
4. Will; voluntary or spontaneous motion; used of the will of persons, or the natural motion of other bodies, and preceded by own.
Being more forward of his own accord. 2 Corinthians 8.
That which groweth of its own accord thou shall not reap. Leviticus 25.
5. Adjustment of a difference; reconciliation.
The mediator of an accord.
6. In law, an agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
7. Permission, leave.
ACCORD', v.t.
1. To make to agree, or correspond; to adjust one thing to another.
Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
2. To being to an agreement; to settle, adjust or compose; as to accord suits or controversies.
ACCORD, v.i.
1. To agree; to be in correspondence.
My heart accordeth with my tongue.
2. To agree in pitch and tone.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement" [syn: agreement, accord] [ant: disagreement, dissension, dissonance]
2: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" [syn: accord, conformity, accordance]
3: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn: treaty, pact, accord]
4: sympathetic compatibility v
1: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree]
2: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot, grant]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French acorder, from Vulgar Latin *accordare, from Latin ad- + cord-, cor heart — more at heart Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. to bring into agreement ; reconcile 2. to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned intransitive verb 1. archaic to arrive at an agreement 2. obsolete to give consent 3. to be consistent or in harmony ; agree — usually used with with <a theory that accords with the known facts> Synonyms: see grant II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French acord, from acorder Date: 14th century 1. a. agreement, conformity <acted in accord with the company's policy> b. a formal reaching of agreement ; compact, treaty 2. balanced interrelationship ; harmony 3. obsolete assent 4. voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act <gave generously of their own accord>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) (esp. of a thing) be in harmony; be consistent. 2 tr. a grant (permission, a request, etc.). b give (a welcome etc.). --n. 1 agreement, consent. 2 harmony or harmonious correspondence in pitch, tone, colour, etc. Phrases and idioms: of one's own accord on one's own initiative; voluntarily. with one accord unanimously; in a united way. Etymology: ME f. OF acord, acorder f. L cor cordis heart

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accord Ac*cord", n. [OE. acord, accord, OF. acort, acorde, F. accord, fr. OF. acorder, F. accorder. See Accord, v. t.] 1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent. A mediator of an accord and peace between them. --Bacon. These all continued with one accord in prayer. --Acts i. 14. 2. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones. Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting. 4. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap. --Lev. xxv. 5. Of his own accord he went unto you. --2 Cor. vii. 17. 5. (Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. --Blackstone. With one accord, with unanimity. They rushed with one accord into the theater. --Acts xix. 29.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accord Ac*cord", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accorded; p. pr. & vb. n. According.] [OE. acorden, accorden, OF. acorder, F. accorder, fr. LL. accordare; L. ad + cor, cordis, heart. Cf. Concord, Discord, and see Heart.] 1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to. [R.] Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice. --Sidney. 2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies. When they were accorded from the fray. --Spenser. All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning. --South. 3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. ``According his desire.'' --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accord Ac*cord", v. i. 1. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. My heart accordeth with my tongue. --Shak. Thy actions to thy words accord. --Milton. 2. To agree in pitch and tone.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(accords, according, accorded) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war. ...a fitting way to celebrate the peace accord. N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft n N 2. If you are accorded a particular kind of treatment, people act towards you or treat you in that way. (FORMAL) His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome... The government accorded him the rank of Colonel... The treatment accorded to a United Nations official was little short of insulting. = grant VERB: be V-ed n, V n n, V-ed, also V n to n 3. If one fact, idea, or condition accords with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. (FORMAL) Such an approach accords with the principles of socialist ideology. = correspond VERB: V with n 4. see also according to 5. If one person, action, or fact is in accord with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. You can also say that two people or things are in accord. (FORMAL) ...this military action, taken in accord with United Nations resolutions... PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v, oft PHR with n 6. If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen. In many cases the disease will clear up of its own accord. PHRASE: PHR after v 7. If you do something of your own accord, you do it because you want to, without being asked or forced. He did not quit as France's prime minister of his own accord. = voluntarily PHRASE: PHR after v 8. If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done. (LITERARY) With one accord they turned and walked back over the grass. PHRASE

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Grant, concede, yield, give, allow, vouchsafe, deign. II. v. n. Harmonize, correspond, agree, tally, quadrate, be in unison, be harmonious, square. III. n. Accordance, agreement, See next.

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