Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Accorded"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.


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