Part 90

<hw>Ac*compt"ant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Accountant</er>.</def>

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<hw>Ac*cord"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>acord</ets>, <ets>accord</ets>, OF. <ets>acort</ets>, <ets>acorde</ets>, F. <ets>accord</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>acorder</ets>, F. <ets>accorder</ets>. See <er>Accord</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.</def>

<blockquote>A mediator of an <b>accord</b> and peace between them. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>These all continued with one <b>accord</b> in prayer. <i>Acts i. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; <as>as, the <ex>accord</ex> of tones</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Those sweet <b>accords</b> are even the angels' lays.

<i>Sir J. Davies.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; <as>as, the <ex>accord</ex> of light and shade in painting</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by <i>own</i>; <as>as, of one's own <ex>accord</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>That which groweth of its own <b>accord</b> of thy harvest thou shalt not reap. <i>Lev. xxv. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Of his own <b>accord</b> he went unto you. <i>2 Cor. vii. 17.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<cs><col>With one accord</col>, <cd>with unanimity.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>They rushed <b>with one accord</b> into the theater. <i>Acts xix. 29.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ac*cord"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Accorded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>According</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>acorden</ets>, <ets>accorden</ets>, OF. <ets>acorder</ets>, F. <ets>accorder</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>accordare</ets>; L. <ets>ad + cor</ets>, <ets>cordis</ets>, heart. Cf. <er>Concord</er>, <er>Discord</er>, and see <er>Heart</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by <i>to</i>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Her hands <b>accorded</b> the lute's music to the voice. <i>Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; <as>as, to <ex>accord</ex> suits or controversies</as>.</def>

<blockquote>When they were <b>accorded</b> from the fray. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be <b>accorded</b> but by a competent stock of critical learning. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; <as>as, to <ex>accord</ex> to one due praise</as>.</def> "<i>According</i> his desire."

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Ac*cord"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by <i>with</i>, formerly also by <i>to</i>; <as>as, his disposition <ex>accords</ex> with his looks</as>.</def>

<blockquote>My heart <b>accordeth</b> with my tongue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy actions to thy words <b>accord</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>