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Webster 1913 Edition


Concord

Con′cord

,
Noun.
[F.
concorde
, L.
concordia
, fr.
concors
of the same mind, agreeing;
con-
+
cor
,
cordis
, heart. See
Heart
, and cf.
Accord
.]
1.
A state of agreement; harmony; union.
Love quarrels oft in pleasing
concord
end.
Milton.
2.
Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.
[Obs.]
The
concord
made between Henry and Roderick.
Davies.
3.
(Gram.)
Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
4.
(Old Law)
An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See
Fine
.
Burril.
5.
[Prob. influenced by
chord
.]
(Mus.)
An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

Con′cord

,
Noun.
A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

Con-cord′

,
Verb.
I.
[F.
concorder
, L.
concordare
.]
To agree; to act together.
[Obs.]
Clarendon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Concord

CONCORD

,
Noun.
[L., the heart. See Accord.]
1.
Agreement between persons; union in opinions, sentiments, views or interests; peace; harmony.
What concord hath Christ with Belial? 2 Corinthians 6.
2.
Agreement between things; suitableness; harmony.
If, natures concord broke, among the constellations war were sprung.
3.
In music, consent of sounds; harmony; the relation between tow or more sounds which are agreeable to the ear. [See Chord.]
The man who hath not music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons.
4.
A compact; an agreement by stipulation; treaty.
5.
In law, an agreement between the parties in a fine, made by leave of the court. This is an acknowledgment from the deforciants that the land in question is the right of the complainant.
6.
In grammar, agreement of words in construction; as adjectives with nouns in gender, number and case; or verbs with nouns or pronouns in number and person. Or concord may signify the system of rules for construction called syntax.
Form of concord, in ecclesiastical history, is a book among the Lutherans containing a system of doctrines to be subscribed as a condition of communion, composed at Torgaw in 1576.