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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCORD, n. [L., the heart. See Accord.]
1. Agreement between persons; union in opinions, sentiments, views or interests; peace; harmony.
What concord hath Christ with Belial? 2 Corinthians 6.
2. Agreement between things; suitableness; harmony.
If, natures concord broke, among the constellations war were sprung.
3. In music, consent of sounds; harmony; the relation between tow or more sounds which are agreeable to the ear. [See Chord.]
The man who hath not music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons.
4. A compact; an agreement by stipulation; treaty.
5. In law, an agreement between the parties in a fine, made by leave of the court. This is an acknowledgment from the deforciants that the land in question is the right of the complainant.
6. In grammar, agreement of words in construction; as adjectives with nouns in gender, number and case; or verbs with nouns or pronouns in number and person. Or concord may signify the system of rules for construction called syntax.
Form of concord, in ecclesiastical history, is a book among the Lutherans containing a system of doctrines to be subscribed as a condition of communion, composed at Torgaw in 1576.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river [syn: Concord, capital of New Hampshire]
2: a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole [syn: harmony, concord, concordance]
3: the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations [syn: agreement, concord]
4: town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
5: agreement of opinions [syn: harmony, concord, concordance]
6: the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) [syn: Lexington, Concord, Lexington and Concord] v
1: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree]
2: arrange by concord or agreement; "Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner"
3: arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance; "The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives"
4: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French concorde, from Latin concordia, from concord-, concors agreeing, from com- + cord-, cor heart — more at heart Date: 14th century 1. a. a state of agreement ; harmony b. a simultaneous occurrence of two or more musical tones that produces an impression of agreeableness or resolution on a listener — compare discord 2. agreement by stipulation, compact, or covenant 3. grammatical agreement

Merriam Webster's

geographical name 1. city W California NE of Oakland population 121,780 2. town E Massachusetts NW of Boston population 16,993 3. city capital of New Hampshire on the Merrimack population 40,687 4. city S central North Carolina population 55,977

Britannica Concise

City (pop., 1996 est.: 37,000), capital of New Hampshire. It lies along the Merrimack River above Manchester. Settled in 1727, the community was incorporated in 1733 by Massachusetts as Rumford, but, following bitter litigation, was determined in 1762 to be within the jurisdiction of New Hampshire. Renamed Concord in 1765, it was made the capital in 1808. Printing, carriage making, and granite quarrying were important in its early development; Concord granite is still quarried..Town (pop., 1996 est.: 18,000), E Massachusetts. Founded in 1635, it was the first inland Puritan settlement. In 1775 the British were marching to seize its storehouse of military supplies when they were checked by minutemen (see Battles of Lexington and Concord). In the 19th cent., it was a noted cultural center and the home of writers R. W. Emerson, H. D. Thoreau, N. Hawthorne, and L. M. Alcott (all buried there). Several historic houses are now museums; Walden Pond, where Thoreau lived and wrote, is nearby..City (pop., 1996 est.: 115,000), W California. Located near San Francisco, it was laid out in 1868 as Todos Santos and renamed in 1869 for Concord, Mass. Developed as an orchard and poultry center after the railroad reached it in 1912, it is now mainly residential.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 agreement or harmony between people or things. 2 a treaty. 3 Mus. a chord that is pleasing or satisfactory in itself. 4 Gram. agreement between words in gender, number, etc. Etymology: ME f. OF concorde f. L concordia f. concors of one mind (as com-, cors f. cor cordis heart)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fox Fox, n.; pl. Foxes. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa['u]h?, Icel. f?a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. Vixen.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canid[ae], of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies. Fox and geese. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. Fox bat (Zo["o]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. P. medius of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See Fruit bat. Fox bolt, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. Fox brush (Zo["o]l.), the tail of a fox. Fox evil, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. Fox grape (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape (Vitis Labrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape (Vitis vulpina) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba. Fox hunter. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. Fox shark (Zo["o]l.), the thrasher shark. See Thrasher shark, under Thrasher. Fox sleep, pretended sleep. Fox sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a large American sparrow (Passerella iliaca); -- so called on account of its reddish color. Fox squirrel (Zo["o]l.), a large North American squirrel (Sciurus niger, or S. cinereus). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the cat squirrel, is more common. Fox terrier (Zo["o]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. Fox trot, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Concord Con"cord, n. A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Concord Con*cord", v. i. [F. concorder, L. concordare.] To agree; to act together. [Obs.] --Clarendon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Concord Con"cord, n. [F. concorde, L. concordia, fr. concors of the same mind, agreeing; con- + cor, cordis, heart. See Heart, and cf. Accord.] 1. A state of agreement; harmony; union. Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. --Milton. 2. Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league. [Obs.] The concord made between Henry and Roderick. --Davies. 3. (Gram.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case. 4. (Old Law) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine. --Burril. 5. [Prob. influenced by chord.] (Mus.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Concord is a state of peaceful agreement. (FORMAL) They expressed the hope that he would pursue a neutral and balanced policy for the sake of national concord. = harmony ? discord N-UNCOUNT 2. In grammar, concord refers to the way that a word has a form appropriate to the number or gender of the noun or pronoun it relates to. For example, in 'He hates it', there is concord between the singular form of the verb and the singular pronoun 'he'. = agreement

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Agreement, amity, friendship, peace, harmony, unanimity, unity, union, good understanding. 2. Consonance, concordance, harmony, accord, agreement, adaptation. 3. (Mus.) Harmony, accord.

Moby Thesaurus

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