accord

ACCORD', noun The Lat. has concors, concordo. 1. Agreement; harmony of minds; consent or concurrence of opinions or wills. They all continued with one accord in prayer. Acts 1:14. 2. Concert; harmony of sounds; the union of different sounds, which is agreeable to the ear; agreement in pitch and tone; as the accord of notes; but in this sense, it is more usual to employ concord or chord. 3. Agreement; just correspondence of things; as the accord of light and shade in painting. 4. Will; voluntary or spontaneous motion; used of the will of persons, or the natural motion of other bodies, and preceded by own. Being more forward of his own accord 2 Corinthians 8:17. That which groweth of its own accord thou shall not reap. Leviticus 25:5. 5. Adjustment of a difference; reconciliation. The mediator of an accord 6. In law, an agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. 7. Permission, leave. ACCORD', verb transitive 1. To make to agree, or correspond; to adjust one thing to another. Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice. 2. To being to an agreement; to settle, adjust or compose; as to accord suits or controversies. ACCORD, verb intransitive 1. To agree; to be in correspondence. My heart accordeth with my tongue. 2. To agree in pitch and tone.