Accord
Accord ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English acord, accord, Old French acort, acorde, French accord, from Old French acorder, French accorder. See Accord, transitive verb]
1.
Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
A mediator of an accord and peace between them.
These all continued with one accord in prayer.
2.
Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.
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.
Of his own accord he went unto you.
5.
(Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. — Blackstone
They rushed with one accord into the theater.
Collocations (1)
With one accord , with unanimity.
Accord , transitive verb
[Old English acorden, accorden, Old French acorder, French accorder, from Late Latin accordare; Latin ad + cor, cordis, heart. Compare Concord, Discord, and see Heart.]
1.
To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to. [Rare]
Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
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.
All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning.
3.
To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.
According his desire.
Accord , intransitive verb
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.
Thy actions to thy words accord.
2.
To agree in pitch and tone.