They rushed with one accord into the theater.
Acts xix. 29.
Accord
(Ac*cord"), 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.]
Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
Sidney.
2. 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.
3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his
desire." Spenser.
Accord
(Ac*cord"), 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.
My heart accordeth with my tongue.
Shak.
Thy actions to thy words accord.
Milton.
2. To agree in pitch and tone.
Accordable
(Ac*cord"a*ble) a. [OF. acordable, F. accordable.]
1. Agreeing. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Reconcilable; in accordance.
Accordance
(Ac*cord"ance) n. [OF. acordance.] Agreement; harmony; conformity. "In strict accordance
with the law." Macaulay.
Syn. — Harmony; unison; coincidence.
Accordancy
(Ac*cord"an*cy) n. Accordance. [R.] Paley.
Accordant
(Ac*cord"ant) a. [OF. acordant, F. accordant.] Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; —
followed by with or to.
Strictly accordant with true morality.
Darwin.
And now his voice accordant to the string.
Coldsmith.
Accordantly
(Ac*cord"ant*ly), adv. In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; — followed by
with or to.
