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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Accord \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.] [1913 Webster] Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice. --Sidney. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies. [1913 Webster] When they were accorded from the fray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning. --South. [1913 Webster] 3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Accord \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. [1913 Webster] A mediator of an accord and peace between them. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] These all continued with one accord in prayer. --Acts i. 14. [1913 Webster] 2. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones. [1913 Webster] Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 3. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting. [1913 Webster] 4. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord. [1913 Webster] That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap. --Lev. xxv. 5. [1913 Webster] Of his own accord he went unto you. --2 Cor. vii. 17. [1913 Webster] 5. (Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] {With one accord}, with unanimity. [1913 Webster] They rushed with one accord into the theater. --Acts xix. 29. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Accord \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. [1913 Webster] My heart accordeth with my tongue. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Thy actions to thy words accord. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To agree in pitch and tone. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: accord n 1: harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement" [syn: {agreement}, {accord}] [ant: {disagreement}, {dissension}, {dissonance}] 2: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" [syn: {accord}, {conformity}, {accordance}] 3: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn: {treaty}, {pact}, {accord}] 4: sympathetic compatibility v 1: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: {harmonize}, {harmonise}, {consort}, {accord}, {concord}, {fit in}, {agree}] 2: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: {accord}, {allot}, {grant}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: accord /akɔʀ/ accord; accordance; agreement; concurrence; chord; concord