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.

They rushed with one accord into the theater.
Acts xix. 29.

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.

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.

• Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
       Quotations
       *A mediator of an accord and peace between them. - Bacon.
       *These all continued with one accord in prayer. - Acts 1:14
       Translations
       *French: entente
       *German: Übereinstimmung
       *Hebrew: הסכם
       *Ido: akordo
       *Indonesian: kesepakatan, persetujuan
       *Interlingua: accordo
       *Italian: accordo
       *Japanese: 合意 (ごうい, gōi)
       *Portuguese: acordo
       *Spanish: acuerdo
  
• Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord
       Quotations
       *Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. - Sir J. Davies.
  
• Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.
  
• Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
       Quotations
       *That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap. - Leviticus xxv. 5
       *Of his own accord he went unto you. - 2 Corinthians 7:17
  
• (Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. - Blackstone.
       Derived phrase
       *With one accord, with unanimity.
       :They rushed with one accord into the theater. - Acts 19:29
  
• To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.
       Quotations
       *Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice. - Sidney.
       Translations
       *Spanish: acordar
  
• To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
       Quotations
       *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.
  
• To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.
       Quotations
       *According his desire. - Spenser.
  
• To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.
       Quotations
       *My heart accordeth with my tongue. - Shakespeare, 2 Henry VI, III-i
       *Thy actions to thy words accord. - Milton, Paradise regained
  
• To agree in pitch and tone.
  
  French
• chord
  
• agreement
  

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