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    Accord , 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.
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      A mediator of an accord and peace between them.
      Bacon.

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      These all continued with one accord in prayer.
      Acts i. 14.

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    2. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
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      Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.
      Sir J. Davies.

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    3. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.
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    4. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
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      That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap.
      Lev. xxv. 5.

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      Of his own accord he went unto you.
      2 Cor. vii. 17.

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    5. (Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
      Blackstone.

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      With one accord, with unanimity.
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      They rushed with one accord into the theater.
      Acts xix. 29.

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    Accord, 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.]
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      Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
      Sidney.

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    2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
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      When they were accorded from the fray.
      Spenser.

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      All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning.
      South.

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    3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. “According his desire.”  
      Spenser.

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    Accord, 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.
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      My heart accordeth with my tongue.
      Shak.

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      Thy actions to thy words accord.
      Milton.

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    2. To agree in pitch and tone.
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