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Webster 1913 Edition

Accord

Ac-cord′

,
Noun.
[OE.
acord
,
accord
, OF.
acort
,
acorde
, F.
accord
, fr. OF.
acorder
, F.
accorder
. See
Accord
,
Verb.
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.

Ac-cord′

,
Verb.
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′

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
Thy actions to thy words
accord
.
Milton.
2.
To agree in pitch and tone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Accord

ACCORD'

, n.The Lat. has concors, concordo.
1.
Agreement; harmony of minds; consent or concurrence of opinions or wills.
They all continued with one accord in prayer. Acts, 1.
2.
Concert; harmony of sounds; the union of different sounds, which is agreeable to the ear; agreement in pitch and tone; as the accord of notes; but in this sense, it is more usual to employ concord or chord.
3.
Agreement; just correspondence of things; as the accord of light and shade in painting.
4.
Will; voluntary or spontaneous motion; used of the will of persons, or the natural motion of other bodies, and preceded by own.
Being more forward of his own accord. 2Cor. 8.
That which groweth of its own accord thou shall not reap. Lev. 25.
5.
Adjustment of a difference; reconciliation.
The mediator of an accord.
6.
In law, an agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
7.
Permission, leave.

ACCORD'

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To make to agree, or correspond; to adjust one thing to another.
Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
2.
To being to an agreement; to settle, adjust or compose; as to accord suits or controversies.

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