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NOUN (4)

1. harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters;
- Example: "the two parties were in agreement"
[syn: agreement, accord]

2. concurrence of opinion;
- Example: "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;


VERB (2)

1. go together;
- Example: "The colors don't harmonize"
- Example: "Their ideas concorded"
[syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree]

2. allow to have;
- Example: "grant a privilege"
[syn: accord, allot, grant]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

ACCORD, n. Harmony.