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Definitions
accord
noun
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 1:14
Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the
accord
Those sweet
accords
are even the angels' lays. - Sir J. Davies.
Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the
accord
of light and shade in painting.
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. -
Leviticus xxv. 5
Of his own
accord
he went unto you. -
2 Corinthians 7:17
(
cleanup
)
An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. - Blackstone.''
Derived phrase
With one accord
, with unanimity.
:They rushed
with one accord
into the theater. -
Acts 19:29
Translations:
French: entente
German: íœbereinstimmung
Italian: accordo
Spanish: acuerdo
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, harmony of sounds
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, an agreement
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
)
verb
(
transitive
) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by
to
.
Quotations
Her hands
accorded
the lute's music to the voice. - Sidney.
(
transitive
) To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to
accord
suits or controversies.
Quotations
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.
(
transitive
) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to
accord
to one due praise.
Quotations
According
his desire. - Spenser.
(
intransitive
) To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by
with
, formerly also by
to
; as, his disposition
accords
with his looks.
Quotations
My heart
accordeth
with my tongue. - Shakespeare,
2 Henry VI, III-i
Thy actions to thy words
accord
. - Milton,
Paradise regained
(
intransitive
) To agree in pitch and tone.
Translations:
Spanish: acordar
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, transitive: to bring to an agreement
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, transitive: to grant
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
)
Etymology:
From
acord
,
Middle English, accord
,
acorden
,
accorden
, through
acort
,
acorde
, and
acorder
, confer French
French, accord
and
accorder
, and in turn from
accordare
;
ad
+
cor
,
cordis
, heart. Confer
concord
,
discord
, and see
heart
.
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