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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
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.

Origin:
1100–50; ME ac(c)corden, late OE acordan < OF acorder < VL *accordāre, equiv. to L ac- ac- + cord- heart, mind; see cordial, heart


ac⋅cord⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ac⋅cord⋅er, noun


1. harmonize, concur. See correspond. 2. reconcile.


1. conflict. 3. withhold, deny; withdraw.
ac·cord   (ə-kôrd')   
v.   ac·cord·ed, ac·cord·ing, ac·cords

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.
  2. To grant, especially as being due or appropriate: accorded the President the proper deference.
  3. To bestow upon: I accord you my blessing.
v.   intr.
To be in agreement, unity, or harmony. See Synonyms at agree.
n.  
  1. Agreement; harmony: act in accord with university policies.
  2. A settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions.
  3. A settlement of points at issue between nations.
  4. Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action: The children returned on their own accord. He confessed of his own accord.

[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.

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.
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).

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 accord>
2 : a formal act of agreement : TREATY accord>
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

accord

see of one's own accord.

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