accord
accord is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 10 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. 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.
- 2.Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.
- 3.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.
- 4.Of his own accord he went unto you. 2 Cor. vii.
- 5.5. (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.
- 6.1. 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.
- 7.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.
- 8.To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." Spenser.
- 9.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.
- 10.To agree in pitch and tone.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accordance
- agreement
- all
- always
- amity
- and
- assimilate
- authority
- autocratic
- become
- bid
- bloodless
- blown
- call
- calm
- calumet
- casual
- cause
- choice
- choose
- clockwork
- conation
- concord
- conform
- conformably
- conformity
- connatural
- connaturality
- connaturalness
- consistency
- consistent
- consonance
- constancy
- course
- deliberately
- desert
- desire
- determination
- determine
- discretion
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is accord.
- What is 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 called?
- What is agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is of his own accord he went unto you. 2 Cor. vii called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." Spenser called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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