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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.
—Idiom
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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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

Related forms:
ac⋅cord⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ac⋅cord⋅er, noun

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

Antonyms:
1. conflict. 3. withhold, deny; withdraw.
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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.
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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