Accord

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To agree in pitch and tone.

II. Accord ·vt Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.

III. Accord ·vt Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

IV. Accord ·vt Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act;

— preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.

V. Accord ·vt Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.

VI. Accord ·vt To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to Adjust;

— followed by to.

VII. Accord ·vt To grant as suitable or proper; to Concede; to Award; as, to accord to one due praise.

VIII. Accord ·vt An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.

IX. Accord ·vt To bring to an agreement, as persons; to Reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.

X. Accord ·vi To Agree; to Correspond; to be in harmony;

— followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.

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