accord UK /əˈkɔːd/US /əˈkɔɹd/noun 7verb 7forms 5 noun7 •Agreement of opinion, will, or action.These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Iesus, and with his brethen. — 1611 •Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord. •An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.Accord is a satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring and the party injured ; which , when performed , is a bar of all actions upon this account — 1765 •An international agreement.The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War. •Agreement in pitch and tone; harmony, musical concord. •Agreement or harmony of things in general. •A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.Oriental fragrances often incorporate an accord referred to as amber. It is a perfumery accord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees. — 2010 verb7 •To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.[H]er hands accorded the Lutes musicke to the voice; […] — 1587 •To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations will be the acid test of their good will. •To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.For things are often spoke, and seldome meant, / But that my heart accordeth with my tongue, […] — 1591 •To agree in pitch and tone. •To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.But Satyrane forth stepping, did them stay / And with faire treaty pacifide their yre; / Then when they were accorded from the fray, […] — 1590 •(no longer used) To arrive at an agreement. •(no longer used) To give consent. formsaccorded · according · accordeth · accords · accordest
