ACCORD

accord

(noun) sympathetic compatibility

treaty, pact, accord

(noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

accord, conformity, accordance

(noun) concurrence of opinion; “we are in accord with your proposal”

agreement, accord

(noun) harmony of people’s opinions or actions or characters; “the two parties were in agreement”

accord, allot, grant

(verb) allow to have; “grant a privilege”

harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree

(verb) go together; “The colors don’t harmonize”; “Their ideas concorded”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

accord (countable and uncountable, plural accords)

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.

A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.

Agreement or harmony of things in general.

(legal) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.

(international law) An international agreement.

(obsolete) Assent

Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.

Synonyms

• (concurrence of opinion): consent, assent

• (international agreement): treaty

Verb

accord (third-person singular simple present accords, present participle according, simple past and past participle accorded)

(transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

(transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.

(intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.

(intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.

(transitive, legal) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.

(intransitive, obsolete) To give consent.

(intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ac*cord", n. Etym: [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)

Definition: 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.

Ac*cord", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accorded; p. pr. & vb. n. According.] Etym: [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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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