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ac⋅cord
[uh-kawrd] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to be in agreement or harmony; agree. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to make agree or correspond; adapt. |
| 3. | to grant; bestow: to accord due praise. |
| 4. | Archaic. to settle; reconcile. |
–noun
—Idiom| 5. | proper relationship or proportion; harmony. |
| 6. | a harmonious union of sounds, colors, etc. |
| 7. | consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement. |
| 8. | an international agreement; settlement of questions outstanding among nations. |
| 9. | of one's own accord, without being asked or told; voluntarily: We did the extra work of our own accord. |
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| ac·cord (ə-kôrd') v. ac·cord·ed, ac·cord·ing, ac·cords v. tr.
To be in agreement, unity, or harmony. See Synonyms at agree. n.
[Middle English accorden, from Old French acorder, from Medieval Latin accordāre, to bring into agreement : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.] ac·cord'er n. |
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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.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.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.
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Language Translation for : accord
Spanish:
concordar (con),
German:
übereinstimmen,
Japanese:
一致する
accord
1123, from O.Fr. acorder, from V.L. *accordare "make agree," lit. "be of one heart," from L. ad- "to" + cor (gen. cordis) "heart" (see heart).
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Main Entry: 1ac·cord
Pronunciation: &-'kord
Function: transitive verb
1 : to bring into agreement
2 : to grant or give esp. as appropriate, due, or earned intransitive verb : to be consistent or in harmony
NOTE: Accord in this sense is often used to introduce a case or an authority that accords with the case or authority just cited, as for example in a sentence like “… a decision based on equitable principles. Accord Smith v. Jones, 1 Federal Reporter, Second Series 2 (1900).”
Main Entry: 2accord
Function: noun
1 : agreement of opinion
2 : a formal act of agreement : TREATY
3 : an accepted offer by which the parties agree that a specified future performance will discharge in full an obligation when performed even though the performance is of less value than the original obligation; also : the defense that an accord was agreed upon —usually used in the phrase accord and satisfaction; called also executory accord —compare COMPOSITION, COMPROMISE, NOVATION,, SATISFACTION substituted contract at CONTRACT, TRANSACTION 3
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accord
see of one's own accord.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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