FromMiddle Englishaccord, fromOld Frenchacort, fromacorder (seeverb below).[1][2]
accord (countable anduncountable,pluralaccords)
- Agreement orconcurrence of opinion, will, or action.
- Aharmony in sound,pitch andtone;concord.
17th century,Sir John Davies,The Self-Subsistence of the Soul:Those sweetaccords are even the angels' lays.
- Agreement or harmony of things in general.
theaccord of light and shade in painting
- (countable, perfumery) A distinctive mixture offragrances or theodor thereof.
2010, Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Faith C. Belanger,Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN:Oriental fragrances often incorporate anaccord referred to as amber. It is a perfumeryaccord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees.
2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez,Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books,→ISBN,page22:Fougères are built on anaccord between lavender and coumarin, with every conceivable variation and elaboration.
2016, Valerie Ann Worwood,The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy […] , New World Library,→ISBN, page450:Accord is the perfumer's word for a perfume formulation that can be incorporated into any perfume calling for a particular note.
- (law) An agreement between parties incontroversy, by which satisfaction for an injury isstipulated, and which, whenexecuted, prevents a lawsuit.
- (international law) An international agreement.
The GenevaAccord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.
- Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my ownaccord.
agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
—see alsoagreementvoluntary or spontaneous impulse to act
—see alsomotu proprioFromMiddle Englishaccorden,acorden, borrowed fromOld Frenchacorder (compare modern Frenchaccord andaccorder), fromVulgar Latin*accordāre, fromLatinconcordāre via prefix substitution (withLatinad-), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*ḱḗr ~*ḱr̥d-, and thus distantly related toEnglishheart (viaProto-Germanic*hertô).
accord (third-person singular simple presentaccords,present participleaccording,simple past and past participleaccorded)
- (transitive) To make to agree orcorrespond; to suit one thing to another; toadjust.
a.1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e.,Philip Sidney], “[The Second Booke] Chapter 11”, in [Fulke Greville;Matthew Gwinne;John Florio], editors,The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] forWilliam Ponsonbie, published1590,→OCLC,folio 150, recto:[H]er handsaccorded the Lutes muſicke to the voice;[…]
- (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; toreconcile, settle, adjust orharmonize.
1660 August 8 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar); first published 1715,Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at St. Mary’s Church in Oxon, before the University, […]”, inTwelve Sermons Preached at Several Times, and upon Several Occasions, volume IV, London: […] G. James, for Jonah Bowyer […],→OCLC,pages17–18:All which Particulars (with many more of the like Nature) being confeſſedly knotty and difficult, can never beaccorded, but by a competent Stock of critical Learning;[…]
- (intransitive) To agree orcorrespond; to be in harmony; to beconcordant.
- Synonyms:sit,agree
1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i],page132, column 2:For things are often ſpoke, and ſeldome meant, / But that my heartaccordeth with my tongue,[…]
1671,John Milton, “The Third Book”, inParadise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […],→OCLC,page54, lines9–11:Thy actions to thy wordsaccord, thy words / To thy large heart give utterance due, thy heart / Conteins of good, wiſe, juſt, the perfect ſhape.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Prologue”, inIn Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC,page vi:Let knowledge grow from more to more, / But more of reverence in us dwell; / That mind and soul,according well, / May make one music as before, / But vaster.
1910,Emerson Hough, “The Gateway, and Some Who Passed”, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC,page29:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as theMount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed toaccord either.
- (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
- (transitive, law) Togrant as suitable or proper; toconcede oraward.
- Synonym:render
1817 December,Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in[Mary] Shelley, editor,The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London:Edward Moxon […], published1839,→OCLC,page217:And, when the blinding tears had fallen, I saw
That column, and those corpses, and the moon,
And felt the poisonous tooth of hunger gnaw
My vitals, I rejoiced, as if the boon
Of senseless death would beaccorded soon;—[…]
1951, United Nations,Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, article 14:In respect of the protection of industrial property,[…]a refugee shall beaccorded in the country in which he has his habitual residence the same protection as isaccorded to nationals of that country.
1952 January, Henry Maxwell, “Farewell to the "T14s"”, inRailway Magazine, page57:Yes, the tide will surely turn, and meanwhile may one who is proud to call himself a partisan, invite whomever may feel disposed to bid the "T14s" adieux, to pause before giving them valediction andaccord to them the respect that is assuredly their due.
2010 December 16, European Court of Human Rights,A, B and C v. Ireland[1], number25579/05, marginal 235:In the present case, and contrary to the Government’s submission, the Court considers that there is indeed a consensus amongst a substantial majority of the Contracting States of the Council of Europe towards allowing abortion on broader grounds thanaccorded under Irish law.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To give consent.
- (intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement.
transitive: to make to agree or correspond
transitive: to bring to an agreement
intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
Deverbal fromaccorder. Compare withCatalanacord.
accord m (pluralaccords)
- chord
- agreement
- permission,consent
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accord m (pluralaccords)
- (Jersey)agreement
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