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.
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" (&?;), 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.
With one accord, with unanimity.
They rushed with one accord into the theater.
Acts xix.
29.
Hear it pronounced